Staff at the Confederation of British Industry had been working around the clock for weeks and were in need of a break.
It was July 2019 and parliament was deadlocked. The Conservative party was trying to secure a Brexit deal that its backbenchers could accept for Northern Ireland, as well as the rest of the UK. Theresa May’s premiership was hanging by a thread, with Boris Johnson plotting to replace her with a pledge to “get Brexit done”. Amid this battle between warring Tory factions, businesses and lobby groups were desperately trying to get their voices heard.
