LONDON — David Dimbleby last night forced a member of the BBC Question Time audience to leave after the man repeatedly shouted over the panel, particularly Conservative minister David Lidington.
'I think you ought to leave' - David Dimbleby boots Question Time heckler out
An audience member was told to leave the BBC Question Time audience after shouting over the panel and interrupting Tory MP David Lidington.
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The audience member, who appeared to be Labour supporter, kept heckling the panel, telling them that the "Conservatives had lost the election."
After he shouted "tax the rich" at new Conservative justice secretary David Lidington and interrupted pro-EU campaigner Gina Miller, Dimbleby was forced to eject the man, saying "
The veteran presenter had attempted to silence the audience member, telling him "
You can watch the exchangebelow
The man who was forced to leave had earlier spoken to the panel, saying " Tories and the Blairites lost that election"
It is believed to be one of the first times that Dimbleby has been forced to eject an audience member.
Appearing on the panel alongside Lidington and Miller were Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth, Daily Mail columnist Peter Oborne and SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford.