Audience member mouths 'bollocks to Brexit' during Tory leadership debate

The man in the back row and the Hilfiger t-shirt was spotted mouthing 'bollocks to Brexit' directly to camera during the Channel 4 Tory leadership debate. Picture: Channel 4. - Credit: Archant

An audience member has been spotted mouthing ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ during the Channel 4 Conservative leadership debate.

The moment was broadcast live to viewers of the debate as the camera followed Krishnan Guru-Murthy round the audience.

The broadcaster was holding the mic to an audience member – who was asking how the candidates would reunite the country after Brexit – but the young man sitting just behind him who had a simpler message.

Staring directly at the camera, he can be clearly seen mouthing “Bollocks to Brexit” while the question is asked.

As the camera moves round, he repeats it twice.

The debate was one of two scheduled for the Conservative leadership hopefuls, at which Boris Johnson was notable by his absence.

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