Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire didn’t hold back. She rattled off a roll-call of business groups cheering Starmer’s UK-EU deal. Then she asked Tory MP Richard Holden bluntly: “Are they all wrong?”
🏢 A chorus of approval
Derbyshire named them all: the Federation of Small Businesses, the CBI, British Chambers of Commerce, UK Hospitality, Salmon Scotland and even Morrisons. Every major industry body gave the deal a thumbs-up.
❓ “Are they all wrong?”
Holden fumbled. He first insisted the Tories remain “the party of business.” Derbyshire pressed on: “All those organisations like the deal… Are they all wrong?”
🧐 Holden’s dodge
He back-pedalled. “We’re still waiting for the detail,” he spluttered. When Derbyshire repeated the question, he claimed only fishing quotas were “concretely agreed.”
🤷♂️ More waffle than answers
Holden then warned that government promises often change in practice. But he offered no real counter-argument. Derbyshire’s rapid-fire questioning left him looking patchy—and a bit awkward.
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