BBC Question Time Edinburgh Man's Speech On Jeremy Corbyn And National Debt Goes Down A Treat

If Attlee can do it...
LOADINGERROR LOADING

A young chap in the Question Time audience received a rapturous round of applause for his speech on why Jeremy Corbyn’s vision for Britain can work.

Comparing the UK’s current national debt to that of the post-war period he asserted there was no reason Labour’s policies could work today when compared to what the party achieved in the 50s.

(An expert’s view on this theory can be found below).

Here's this week's full #bbcqt panel. Join us on Thursday at 10.45pm on BBC One pic.twitter.com/Z3Ii4fOcsv

— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) May 10, 2017

Panellists on the show, which came from Edinburgh and was presented by David Dimbleby, included Tory MP Ben Wallace, Labour’s Emily Thornberry, Joanna Cherry of the SNP, actor David Hayman and journalist Merryn Somerset Webb.

Close

What's Hot