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A Cambridge economist walked into a meeting naked with writing on her breasts, in protest over the UK's vote to leave the EU.

Dr Victoria Bateman arrived at the meeting at the Faculty of Economics last Wednesday with the words 'Brexit leaves Britain naked' written across her body.

The meeting saw director of studies from across the university gathering to discuss teaching material and courses, with Dr Bateman sitting at the two-hour meeting without anyone mentioning her nudity.

In 2014 she posed naked for a portrait by artist Anthony Connolly , which was displayed in a London gallery.

At the time she told the News : “I wanted people to see that behind the naked body is a real, intelligent, thinking being and actually behind every naked body is an intelligent, thinking being.

“Some people might say I am not better than a Page 3 girl but the message behind it is I am not just a body."

A source who took part in the meeting told the Daily Telegraph : “It is well known to the faculty that she has posed naked but obviously the behaviour here was different. One thing is to pose naked and another to show up naked.

“This was a standard meeting about the teaching of economics and we moved away from her state of dress. We remained silent on that issue and managed to get through the agenda in the meeting."

Asked if she was allowed to stay naked throughout the whole meeting, the source said: “Nobody was mistreated in any way."

A spokesperson for Cambridge University said: "We can confirm the meeting took place. We are not aware of any complaints having been made."Dr Bateman has been openly opposed to the UK leaving the EU. In an article for Bloomberg View earlier last month, she wrote: “The impact would be sizable

"If the predicted fiscal deficit were to be corrected through welfare cuts alone, it would result in low-income households receiving between 1,861 pounds and 5,542 pounds less a year (in 2014 equivalent figures) by 2020, depending upon their personal circumstances.

“Even if the welfare budget were to bear only a quarter of the fiscal adjustment needed, it would still amount to a loss of some 1,146 pounds a year for a single working parent with one child."

She has also been outspoken about the need to encourage more women to study economics.

Last year she told the News : “I also strongly believe that economics would benefit from more women. At the moment, only a quarter of UK economics degree students are female.

“Economics is in need of a sexual revolution."