Yahoo News 'Listen, I think you ought to leave': Moment David Dimbleby boots rowdy pro-Corbyn heckler out of BBC Question Time audience
A rowdy Jeremy Corbyn supporter was kicked out of the Question Time audience after he repeatedly shouted over the panel with anti-Tory heckles.
The man, who praised the popular Labour leader during the BBC programme, frustrated presenter David Dimbleby with his incessant heckling on the programme on Thursday evening.
The presenter eventually decided to stop the man, telling him he "ought to leave” after he continued shouting "tax the rich" over panellists.
Mr Dimbleby was met with rapturous applause from the audience as the unnamed man, dressed in a brightly coloured shirt, made his way to the exits.
The man had earlier embarked on a passionate tirade against the Conservative Party’s austerity policies, before interrupting panellists trying to defend Prime Minster Theresa May.
Justice secretary David Lidington was shouted over with chants of “tax the rich”, before Mr Dimbleby was forced to step in.
He said: “Look you’ve spoken once, don’t shout out please because he just has to go on for longer if you shout out, so you might as well keep quiet and hear what he has to say.
“I know you have your views. You're one person from an audience of 150. I don’t want you taking over this programme. He’s speaking, let him speak.”
Bloody hell, someone's been kicked out of Question Time. Incredible scenes #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/YDz0AR6oF7
— Elliott (@elliotthtafc) June 22, 2017
But the Plymouth audience member continued to loudly shout over anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller as she tried to speak, calling Mrs May a “zombie Prime Minister”.
Mr Dimbleby eventually stepped in and told the man he “ought to leave”.
The man had earlier questioned the panel and said: “Jeremy Corbyn has proven that anti-austerity policies are popular. The Tories and the Blairites lost that election”.
The panel had become visibly annoyed with the heckler, who had continuously called for tax levels for the wealthy and corporations.
Question Time guests debated the June 8 General Election and discussed what effects the Conservative Party's loss of majority could have on key party policies.
