BBC Question Time audience erupt in applause and cheers at prospect of a ...

BBC Question Time audience erupt in applause and cheers at prospect of a no-deal Brexit after being hosted in Leave-voting city of Derby Spectators at the BBC show whooped as it was suggested UK leave with no deal Journalist Isabel Oakeshott claimed that it was 'only option' left for Theresa May She admitted the position was 'sub-optimal' but said there was 'no alternative'  Prospect of a 'chaotic' no-deal Brexit is becoming more likely as March 29 nears

By Alexander Robertson For Mailonline

Published: 12:18 GMT, 18 January 2019 | Updated: 12:29 GMT, 18 January 2019

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A Question Time audience erupted into cheers and applause after it was suggested that Britain should leave the European Union with a 'no-deal' Brexit.

Spectators at the BBC show whooped as it was suggested that walking away from talks with Brussels was the 'only option' available to Prime Minister Theresa May.

Filmed in the Leave-voting city of Derby, the audience produced the loudest reaction of the night in response to the suggestion by Brexiteer writer Isabel Oakeshott.

Asked by host Fiona Bruce if there was any deal the Conservatives could unilaterally agree on, Ms Oakeshott said: 'Look, I can save everybody a lot of time here. 

Filmed in the Leave-voting city of Derby, the audience produced the loudest reaction of the night in response to the suggestion by Brexiteer writer Isabel Oakeshott (pictured)

Filmed in the Leave-voting city of Derby, the audience produced the loudest reaction of the night in response to the suggestion by Brexiteer writer Isabel Oakeshott (pictured)

'The short answer is – no, there isn't. That's why it seems to me the only option for Mrs May now, and I am going to admit that it a sub-optimal position, is to walk away. 

Asked by Ms Bruce is she meant a no-deal

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