BBC QT: Camilla Tominey demolishes Lib Dems' 'metropolitan Remaniacs' policy in 10 seconds
BBC Question Time panellist Camilla Tominey laid into Liberal Democrats deputy leader Ed Davey for "abandoning" Leave voters in his party to cater to the demands of "metropolitan Remaniacs."
Question Time: Davey and Tominey clash over Lib Dem policy
The BBC Question Time guest challenged Ed Davey after the Liberal Democrats voted to revoke Article 50 in the event of an electoral victory at the next general election. Ms Tominey claimed the decision signalled to Brexit supporters in the Liberal Democrats the party is "abandoning" them in favour of maintaining the support of "metropolitan Ramainiacs." She said: "How many Liberal Democrats voters voted Leave?
"Because not all Liberal Democrats voters are kind of metropolitan Remaniacs so what do you do with your own voters?
"Have you got the answer to that question? Ed, you know how many voted Leave?"
The Liberal Democrats' deputy leader firstly dodged the question, claiming other parties also are split in regards to support for Brexit among traditional voters.
Ms Tominey attempted to bring back Mr Davey back on the question by repeatedly calling out his name: "Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed.
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"How many Liberal Democrats did vote Leave? I’m just interested, do you know?"
Mr Davey ultimately conceded he was not sure about the amount of Lib Dems voters who back Brexit, insisting that "you can't know that."
Ms Tominey hit back: "But some did, right? So what happens to them now?
"They supported you at the last general election and you’re just abandoning them. Of course, you are."
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As he tried to avoid answering, Mr Davey said: "We all know that and there are Conservative voters who voted Remain and indeed many of them are now voting Liberal Democrats because they are so unhappy with the complete chaos the Conservatives have made.
"They are concerned about economic chaos and now political chaos by shutting down Parliament.
"The undermining of parliamentary democracy should worry many, many people."
At the Lib Dems Party Conference in Bournemouth earlier this week, member overwhelmingly voted to revoke Article 50 should the party win a majority at the next general election.
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Lib Dems currently have 18 MPs in the Commons, an increase of 6 since the 2017 general election due to the defection of Labour and Conservative members to the minority party over the past nine months.
Former Tory leadership candidate Sam Gyimah was the latest addition to the party earlier last week after Boris Johnson removed his whip for voting against the Government on a series of key Brexit votes.
Angela Smith and Luciana Berger, formerly Labour, also joined the Lib Dems following a fall out with the leadership over their Brexit stance and the party's response to anti-Semitism claims.
And the changeover appeared to spell trouble for Jeremy Corbyn as the latest voting intention polls by YouGov showed the Lib Dems would win more votes than Labour at a general election.
The survey, conducted on behalf of The Times, placed the Jo Swinson-led party in second place with 23 percent of the vote, with Labour trailing behind at 21 percent.
The Conservatives have steadily been bouncing back in the polls despite a slump ahead of Theresa May's resignation caused by unhappiness over her Brexit strategy. YouGov predicted a potential 32 percent win for the Prime Minister in the event of a general election.