Question Time studio ROARS as audience member champions NO DEAL – 'nation of innovators'

THE Question Time studio roared with applause last night after an audience member made a rousing case for leaving the EU with no deal, reminding the panel that “we are a nation of innovators” who have “always” done well.

Question Time audience member: UK are a nation of innovators!

The show, which was aired in Penzance, allowed the articulate man to explain his point fully, taking aim at the pessimistic post- Brexit economic forecasts released by the Bank of England earlier this week. The gentleman said: “We keep being told that we will definitely be worse off. We’re not going to definitely be worse off - we may be worse off.

“The banks and the economists, we’ve asked to rub a load of schedules where they can say ‘this may happen, this is a worst case scenario, this is a best case scenario.’

“Although we very rarely hear about best-case scenarios in the media anywhere, but it’s a case that we might not be quite so well off but all these economists bar one or two have it very badly wrong.”

He continued: “We’re an independent nation. We’re a nation of innovators.

“We have always done well. There’s no reason why we cannot do well again.

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“There’s likely to be some disturbance - that’s taken - but look what’s happened in Europe and is still happening in Europe.

“We don’t know what is going to be going on in Europe by staying in Europe!”

TV veteran David Dimbleby consequently asked: “Do you mind what kind of departure we have from the EU?

“Would you like to see no deal and just walk away?”

The man shot back: “I’d prefer to see a damn sight better deal than we’ve been offered by the EU.

“But it has been made clear by the French and the Spanish that they’re going to try and leverage the backstop, so I’d rather we went with no deal than a bad deal.”

The comments were met with a tsunami of support from the West Country audience.

Theresa May has risked fuelling the row over her Brexit plans by claiming she has "negotiated a good trade deal" with the European Union.

Her claim is likely to be challenged by critics who say that the UK is still far off a deal on the future terms of trade with the EU following the post-Brexit transition period which lasts until December 2020.

Speaking to reporters on her flight to the G20 summit in Argentina, the Prime Minister said the trade deal will be important for the rest of the world.

Setting out her priorities for the two-day summit in Buenos Aires, Mrs May said: "One of the key things I will be talking about is trade and the importance of world trade.

"Obviously, we have negotiated a good trade deal with the European Union. I think that's also important for the rest of the world as well."

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