BREXITEER Mark Francois was left raging during a BBC interview after he was drowned out by a pro-EU protester's "Stop Brexit!" chant.
The MP for Rayleigh and Wickford told the "idiot" to "shut up" during the live appearance.
Tory Brexiteer fumes as live TV interview is repeatedly drowned out by protester yelling ‘stop Brexit' pic.twitter.com/XFz9MGZSBn
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During an interview about ongoing Brexit negotiations, the MP was asked: "What is the latest detail that you have? Are you party to any information that we haven’t heard so far?"
He responded: “Not really. We have …” before being cut off by a very loud shout of "Stop Brexit".
He went on: “If we leave it will be delightful that this idiot will shut up.”
The journalist defended the protester, saying: “He’s exercising his democratic right. I appreciate it makes it very difficult to do an interview.”
The campaigner then screamed "revoke Article 50!".
Francois, then ignoring the chant, replied to the reporter: “We’ll have a go.”
The ERG member has previously been mocked online for suggesting his Territorial Army training would help him "win" Brexit.
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