Main content

Minister apologises for inventing Brexit stat on air
Justice Minister Rory Stewart has apologised after making up a Brexit statistic whilst on ѿý Radio 5 Live.
Speaking with Emma Barnett, he claimed 80 per cent of the British public supported the prime minister’s Brexit deal.
Pressed by Emma as to where he had got the information, he said: “I’m producing a number to illustrate what I believe”.
He later added, “I totally apologise and I take that back.”
This clip is originally from the Emma Barnett show on 15 November 2018.
Duration:
This clip is from
Featured in...
Brexit—5 Live In Short
The latest from Westminster and Brussels.
More clips from 5 Live In Short
-
PM: 'Nigel Farage and Reform are just the politics of grievance'
Duration: 00:41
-
What is Glenn McGrath’s Ashes prediction?
Duration: 00:40