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The CBI boss on being Jewish during 'The Troubles' and why everyone's a Brexiteer now.

Nick Robinson talks to the director general of the Confederation of British Industry, Tony Danker. They discuss what it was like to grow up in a Jewish family in Belfast during 'The Troubles', why he chose to join the Treasury three weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and how his calls for post-Brexit Britain's economy to grow more led to ministers accusing him of talking the country down.

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Sat 28 Jan 2023 17:30

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  • Sat 28 Jan 2023 17:30

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