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Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to correct the record after accidentally announcing a trade deal with North Korea in the House of Commons.
During an answer to Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey at Prime Minister’s Questions this afternoon, the PM rattled through deals his government has made with different countries.
He said: ‘There are trade deals with the EU, but also with India, North Korea, and the United States, and I remind them of the value of those deals.’
It might not need pointing out that no agreement has, in fact, been struck with Kim Jong-Un’s totalitarian regime.
This was pointed out later in the session, when a note was passed to Starmer.
The PM told MPs: ‘I’ve just been handed a note saying that I inadvertently said we did a trade deal with North Korea instead of South Korea.’
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Amid laughter in the House, he muttered about the potential of being referred to the Privileges Committee and offered to correct the record.
He added ‘It was a slip of the tongue, but a pretty unfortunate one.’
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