Rishi Sunak in fiery clash with BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg over Brexit: ‘You’re completely wrong’

Sunak clashes with BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg over Brexit: ‘You’re completely wrong’Source: Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, BBC

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00:00Some people believe, including the Independent Climate Change Committee,

00:03it means that the UK has lost its status as a leader.

00:07Was that a mistake?

00:08No, and actually, you started that question with something

00:10that I fundamentally disagree with.

00:12Because of Brexit, we've lost our standing in the world.

00:15That's not what I said.

00:16I said there's lots of economic evidence,

00:18which is true. There are many economists who say...

00:20You said we've lost our standing in the world.

00:22That is completely and utterly wrong.

00:24Well, that's not what I said.

00:26We've just had a visit from the Japanese.

00:28Last year, we signed the Hiroshima Accords with Japan,

00:31unequivocally Japan stating that we are their closest ally in Europe.

00:36We're building a new generation of nuclear submarines

00:38with Australia and America.

00:39Never happened before that we have shared technology on that scale.

00:43We've negotiated the Windsor Framework with the EU,

00:45restored government in Northern Ireland.