Question Time: Corbyn and May face another tough grilling

Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn and Tory leader Theresa May had a tough interrogation from the BBC’s Question Time audience members in an election special.

It might not have been the head-to-head many people wanted – which Mr Corbyn said was a “shame” – but the audience didn’t hold back when it came to asking difficult questions.

The tone was set from the get-go, when Mrs May was asked whether the public should trust anything she says given her “track record of broken promises and backtracking”.

A young Ukip member launched a merciless attack on Theresa May’s record of backtracking and dodging the public

Abigail Eatock – Not Impressed

Abigail Eatock, chair of York University’s Young Independence society, said “Why should the public believe anything you say or any of your policies when you have a track record of backtracking during your time as Home Secretary and now as Prime Minister?”

Mrs May also faced nurses angry over a pay cap and a woman who had suffered ill treatment in a work assessment she had undergone.

Woman in tears over Work Asessment takes on PM

The young woman broke down in tears while explaining the shocking reality of disability work assessments to Theresa May during the live TV debate.

The tough questions kept coming. The Conservative leader got: “Secretly, do you reallyregret calling this election, now the polls have moved against you?” And: “do you really think you actually have any real leverage with Brussels?”

Mr Corbyn didn’t get off lightly either, with the first question from the audience on why the British public should trust him to negotiate Brexit.

He was also asked to rule out a deal with the SNP, and: “Why have you never regarded the IRA as terrorists?” Mr Corbyn said there would be ‘No deals’ and that he “deplored all acts of terrorism.”

Another Question Time audience member hit out at Jeremy Corbyn, after he appeared to repeatedly refuse to say if he would use Trident missiles in the event that the UK faced a nuclear threat.