‘I want my country back’ Woman on Question Time in impassioned plea for Brexit

AN AUDIENCE member on the BBC’s Question Time seemed to sum-up the feelings of grassroots voters when she declared she wanted “Britain to be Britain”.

The unnamed woman was speaking following a debate about whether Britain would be better being part of the European Union (EU) or whether it would be more beneficial to leave.

The panel, chaired by David Dimbleby, comprised of Tory MEP Daniel Hannan, Dia Chakravarty of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Owen Smith, Angus Robertson, the SNP and the Green Party’s Baroness Jones.

The woman, wearing glasses and speaking softly, said she was “frustrated” with all the talk of the EU.

She said: “I want my country back and I want freedom.

“I don’t believe our country is free any more.

“You only have to look at the EU and what is going off there.

“I want my country back. I want Britain to be Britain.

“We’re all so frustrated with all this talk about the EU and all this rubbish we’re hearing.

“The gentleman in the orange tie (pointing at Mr Hannan), he knows what’s going on in Europe.”

Mr Hannan responded: “You wouldn’t believe the half of it.”

The woman’s declaration comes shortly after billionaire financier George Soros warned that the EU is in ‘mortal danger’ of collapse unless leaders agree to spend £24 billion every year to tackle the migrant crisis.

Mr Soros said EU leaders needed to agree a surge in funding to deal with the influx of more than a million refugees flooding into Europe.

He suggested that at least €30 billion (£24 billion) a year would be needed and said Europe should be looking to accept between 300,000 and 500,000 a year.

Question Time, broadcast from Doncaster, was aired the day before the official launch of the Brexit campaign.

Campaigning by all political parties is gathering pace ahead of a referendum on June 23.