Home Secretary Repeatedly Avoids Eddie Mair's Question About The Deal's Economic Impact

18 October 2019, 18:16 | Updated: 18 October 2019, 18:19

Watch the heated exchange above.

Eddie Mair forensically challenges Home Secretary Priti Patel over the economic impact of Johnson's deal - which has been called worse than Theresa May's - and she repeatedly avoids the question.

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