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David Cameron Speech Interrupted By Protesters

David Cameron has been heckled by two teenage students while giving a speech to business leaders on Britain's place in the EU. The Prime Minister was challenged by the anti-EU campaigners as he spoke at the Confederation of Business Industry but told them: "Come on guys, if you sit down now you can ask a question rather than making fools of yourselves by protesting." Phil Sheppard and Peter Lyon, who are both 19 and from Students for Britain, held up a banner saying "Voice of Brussels - CBI" and chanted the same slogan. Mr Cameron appeared taken aback at the interruption, unexpected among an audience largely comprised of business people, and responded curtly before the campaigners were removed. They told Sky News the Vote Leave campaign had set up a fake company called Lyon, Sheppard, Wells Solutions to smuggle them into the CBI speech to confront the Prime Minister. And described the experience as "terrifying".