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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Leeson

Moment Keir Starmer makes PMQs North Korea blunder

  • Sir Keir Starmer mistakenly announced a UK trade deal with North Korea during Prime Minister's Questions.
  • The Labour leader was listing various trade agreements made by the government in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
  • He later clarified that it was a 'slip of the tongue' and he had intended to say South Korea.
  • Starmer was responding to Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey at the time of the error.

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