Question Time audience member asks if second referendum would mean soldiers had ‘died for nothing’ ‘I don’t think you can undermine the will of the people by having a vote of the people,’ replied Green MP Caroline Lucas

A man on Question Time asked if British armed forces personnel had died in vain for a second Brexit referendum.

Speaking to the panel, which included Green MP Caroline Lucas and former Brexit Secretary David Davis, the audience member seemed to imply that a people’s vote on Theresa May‘s deal would be undemocratic.

“Service men and women have died for freedom and our system,” he said. “If you have another vote, will they have died for nothing?”

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“How do you mean, why?” David Dimbleby asked back.

‘You had your answer – deal with it’

The man’s question prompted a mixed reaction from the studio, with some in the audience clapping and others questioning what he meant.

“It’s precisely around democracy isn’t it?” Green MP Caroline Lucas soon responded.

“That’s what people are going to fight for.”

The man then interrupted with, “You had your answer – deal with it,” before Lucas continued.

“I don’t think you can undermine the will of the people by having a vote of the people, checking where the situation is,” she said while the man simply shook his head.

Dimbleby then swiftly moved on to the next person with a question.

‘A truly team effort’

It was a particularly fiery episode of the flagship BBC One programme, with much of the panel clashing on the issue of Brexit.

The programme, broadcast on Thursday evening in South London, was also David Dimbleby’s last as Chair of the panel.

The entire studio gave him a standing ovation as he delivered his farewell speech after 25 years fronting the show.

“Of all the programmes I’ve worked on for the BBC, [this is] a truly team effort,” he told the studio.

“I want to end by thanking the people who have made it possible over the last 25 years.”

BBC News anchor Fiona Bruce will be taking over from him in January.