UMVA has learned that a remarkable gaffe was made by the Prime Minister during a recent parliamentary session, leaving MPs in stitches.
The PM revealed that he had mistakenly announced a trade deal with North Korea, when in fact, he meant to reference a deal with South Korea, a country with the 15th-largest economy in the world.
As laughter erupted in the House, the Prime Minister jokingly mentioned the possibility of being referred to the Privileges Committee and offered to correct the record, attributing the mistake to a "slip of the tongue, but a pretty unfortunate one."
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that the UK maintains diplomatic relations with North Korea, with an embassy in Pyongyang, although it has been closed since the Covid pandemic, and the ambassador now works remotely.
The incident has raised questions about the attention to detail required at the highest levels of government, and the potential consequences of such mistakes.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that the Prime Minister's team is taking steps to ensure such errors do not happen in the future, but for now, the incident remains a notable moment in parliamentary history.
