A BBC Question Time Brexit particular this night noticed Alastair Campbell obtain livid criticism from viewers members after he took pity on the Clacton crowd for being lied to in the course of the referendum marketing campaign.

Mr Campbell stated: "You were lied to I'm afraid, you were lied to".

"You were told it would be pain-free, you were told it would all be upsides no downsides, you were told getting a deal would be easy, that it would be straightforward to leave, you were told we would get the money on the health service.

"Lots of the stuff you have been advised would occur, reminiscent of a commerce cope with the United States have not occurred, and plenty of the stuff you have been advised would not occur have occurred."

A furious audience member opposed this analysis from the former Labour spin doctor, however, saying Mr Campbell's argument made her "blood boil".

"Sorry it simply makes my blood boil after I maintain listening to that very same factor about the truth that we have been lied to.

"That's just not the case, we didn't believe that, I certainly never believed that.

"I wished out to be sovereign, to not be encumbered by the EU."

At this the audience burst into a round of applause.

A second audience member slammed Mr Campbell for trying to frustrate Brexit after the referendum result, and proclaimed that thanks to Covid and the invasion of Ukraine, "we have not began Brexit but".

The man blasted Mr Campbell's claim about lies from the Vote Leave team, saying the only lie was the referendum pledge by the establishment itself.

"There was no intention from David Cameron that we have been really going to go away the EU, there was an enormous marketing campaign - far greater than the Leave marketing campaign - authorities leaflets and so forth, the media, celebrities, so there was no expectation we have been going to go away.

"The result came in - 'we're leaving' - then we had three years of frustration from people like Mr Campbell, most of the MPs on both sides trying to frustrate the process so we had another election three years later in 2019 - a massive vote.

"This is about disconnect from political events and voters."

Despite uproar by Remainers on social media about the BBC's plans to hold a Brexit audience-only edition of Question Time, the episode proved well-tempered.

Fiona Bruce opened the special edition by explaining that while all members of the audience had backed Brexit in 2016, 20 percent of them had now changed their minds, 10 percent were unsure and 70 percent had told the BBC they nonetheless backed the choice to go away the EU.