BBC EU Referendum Debate Prompts Response To George Osborne's Brexit Warnings

Skepticism over so-called 'apocalyptic' warnings.
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Young voters don't believe many of the dire economic warnings issued ahead of the EU referendum, the first televised debate revealed.

Asked whether they believed the economic forecasts, Millennials in the audience of Thursday's BBC EU Debate broadly responded: "No."

Watch the moment, above.

The BBC's youth EU debate was held in Glasgow on Thursday night
The BBC's youth EU debate was held in Glasgow on Thursday night
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So-called "apocalyptic" economic forecasts have been a mainstay of campaigning for Britain to remain in the European Union.

On Wednesday, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a well-respected think tank, said that Brexit could cause two years of negative economic growth.

BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire asked the audience if they believed the dire economic predictions
BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire asked the audience if they believed the dire economic predictions
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“I have no idea what to do and I blame you lot entirely," an audience member said.

And responding to disagreement over the validity of Vote Leave’s claim around £350m a day contributions to the EU, a young woman told the panel: “We need statistics that are real and that everyone can agree on.”

The debate was itself earlier embroiled in controversy with the revelation that there was a 26-year age gap between the audience and the political panel.

Two of the politicians, Alex Salmond and Alan Johnson, were both in their 60s.

The youngest panellist was former government minister Liam Fox at 54.

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