Important dont know the questions. First, the leader of the Conservative Party, the Prime Minister, theresa may. Applause. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good evening Prime Minister, yourfirst is from abigail. Why should the public trust you when you have a known track record of broken promises and backtracking during your time as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . Thank you david and thank you. Applause. Thank you for you coming to be an audience tonight, which is an important part of campaign. Let me tell you about some of the things i did as Home Secretary. I said i would ensure we we re secretary. I said i would ensure we were dealing with extremist hate preachers and excluded more than any other before me. I said i would do something about stop and search, i dont think anybody should be stopped and searched because of the colour of their skin. I said i would be tough on crime and ensure our police and Security Services had the powers they need to do theirjob and i gave them those in the legislation that i put through. And i made sure that i put through. And i made sure that we kept the records of criminals and terrorists on the dna database. Criminals and terrorists on the dna data base. Diane abbot criminals and terrorists on the dna database. Diane abbot wants to wipe them clean. No backtracking and no broken promises. What were you thinking of . You backtracked when you became leader of the conservatives and they haddest then immediately Prime Minister after the referendum. You said you wouldnt call an election and you did. You are here calling an election and refusing to take part in debates, refusing to take part in debates, refusing to take part in debates, refusing to answer peoples questions, refusing to talk to Jeremy Corbyn and you backtracked on your social care policy and your entire manifesto has holes in it and Everyone Else can see that. Well first of all. Can ijust Everyone Else can see that. Well first of all. Can i just say, Everyone Else can see that. Well first of all. Can ijust say, im not refusing to take part in debates, because im here answering questions from you. That is what i think is important, it is not politicians arguing among each other, but listening and taking questions from voters. You mentioned about not holding, saying i wouldnt holding an election, youre right, i thought we needed a period of stability, but what became clear when he went through the article 50 process to trigger the process of leaving the eu and respect the will of the people was other parties wa nted of the people was other parties wanted to frustrate those negotiations and that will of the people that has been expressed in the referendum. It would have been easy, i could have said, im Prime Minister, why dont ijust stay easy, i could have said, im Prime Minister, why dont i just stay and hang on in thejob . I didnt do that, i have called an election, because of brexit. I was willing to do that, because i think this is a really important moment for our country. We have got to get this right. If we get it right, im optimistic for the british people, because i believe in the people, but we need to get it right. The woman there. Who is it that contested you because labour have issued a whip to get people to vote for article 50. Besides the Liberal Democrat who said they would like another referendum. Dont know who has contested your leadership over brexit. We got the article 50 legislation through parliament. That was important and triggered the ability for us to start these negotiations and those negotiations by the way start just eleven days after election day. So whoever comes in as Prime Minister, whoever is the government, has to be ready to get the ball rolling and start the negotiations straightaway. But it was clear through the discussions that we had around that time, that the other parties did want to frustrate us and you say you, you talk about the Liberal Democrats, we have a situation where ifJeremy Corbyn was to get into no 10, he would be being propped butty the Liberal Democrats and the scottish nationalist. You would have Nicola Sturgeon who wants to break Euro Country Up and tim farron who wants to Ta Ke Country up and tim farron who wants to take us back into the eu, the opposite of what the british people want. That being said, Prime Minister, one of the things that i would like to know is secretly do you regret calling this election, iiow you regret calling this election, now the polls have moved against you. Im a tory and i hop you win. But you must feel a little bit of ooh, a bit of remorse . |j but you must feel a little bit of ooh, a bit of remorse . I have been in politics a long time and i have a Lwa Ys In Politics a long time and i have always said at any election the only poll that matters is the one on polling day. I think the british people when theyre voting, people here and peopl watching have a simple choice about who do you trust to have that leadership to take us to have that leadership to take us to get the best deal for brexit in europe and who has the will and the Vision Notjust to take us through brexit, not just to Vision Notjust to take us through brexit, notjust to get on with the job of delivering brexit, but to ta ke job of delivering brexit, but to take us beyond and build a Better Future for the country. Were you surprised the polls have gone from a lead of 20 , remorselessly done like that. Im never surprised at what happens in elections. You accept youre that popular. Im never surprised at things that happen in the campaign, the only poll i look at is the one on polling day. You called the election for your own political gains and it is not for the good of country. No, it is not sir, cani the good of country. No, it is not sir, can i just the good of country. No, it is not sir, can ijust say to you, as ive said, it would have been the easiest thing in the world for me, having become Prime Minister after the referendum when David Cameron resigned to say, you know, the next elections not to 2020, this is a good job, i enjoy thejob, elections not to 2020, this is a goodjob, i enjoy thejob, i elections not to 2020, this is a good job, i enjoy thejob, i want to do it, in thisjob i do what i believe is best for britain. Your party called a european referendum for the good of the Conservative Party. You called a General Election for the good of Conservative Party and it will backfire on you no i called. A General Election because i believe that the british people have a right to vote and to say who they want to see leading them through the brexit negotiations. I believe they should have a Prime Minister with a determination to respect their will. My party is the only party that is going to respect the will of the british people, get on with Thejob The Will of the british people, get on with the job and deliver a successful brexit. We will come on to brexit in a moment. 0ne successful brexit. We will come on to brexit in a moment. One more point from you. I think it is a very different thing to debate a Studio Audience as in. Debating the other leaders. I think there has been a lot of debating through the media, would it not give a more interesting debate having you say these things face to face to the other leaders and speak that way about the policies, rather than through tv and journalists . I think Election Campaigns should be about getting out and about, yes, answering questions from voters, talking to people across the uk in a variety of circumstances. And im afraid i think that that of actually having that interaction with voters is more useful for the voterses and the politicians. I think anyone who wa nts to politicians. I think anyone who wants to be Prime Minister should be out and about listening to people. I dont think seven politicians arguing among themselves is that interesting or that revealing. We will go on. We talked about the election. Now brexit, barry could we have your question . Good evening. If the eu start being awkward, why dont we just cut and run and pay no money at all . I have said that i think no deal would be better than a bad deal. Im confident we can get a good deal. With the right plan for the negotiations. I think a good deal is in our interest and in the interests of the rest of the eu. But we have to be prepared to stand up for britain. We have to be prepared to go in there recognising that we are fwhot willing to accept a not willing to accept a bad deal. What isa willing to accept a bad deal. What is a bad deal. People are confused. Can you explain what would be a bad deal . I think on the one hand you have got politicians in europe, some are talking about punishing the uk, what they want to see would be a bad deal and you have got politicians here in the United Kingdom who seem to be willing to accept any deal whatever it is for the sake of getting a deal. I think the danger is they would be accepting the worst possible deal at the highest possible deal at the highest possible price. You sir . You always say you want to help britain, but brexit was voted by 52 . How do you serve the whole country ifjust 52 backed brexit . The first thing i would say is as i go around and talk to people, individuals, Business Representatives and others, ifind that actually the greater majority of opinion here in the uk is the decision was taken, the public chose to leave the eu. Lets have a government that gets on with it and delivers a good deal. How i would respond for all of those who voted to remain and i voted to remain is to remain and i voted to remain is to say that now we must make sure we get the negotiations right, get that Free Trade Agreement the co operation and a special partnership, but that also we take this opportunity of brexit, new trade deals Around The World, actually seeing how we can build a more prosperous, stronger and fairer britain. I think we can do that and i think we can do that, because i believe in britain and the british people. It is curious, over a year ago, when you were a remainor and David Cameron got this wrong and he resigned, you got it wrong and remained to become Prime Minister. You said, remaining inside the eu makes us more you said, remaining inside the eu makes us more prosperous. You said, remaining inside the eu makes us more prosperous. Yesterday you said brexit makes us more prosperous. I mean, what, where are you at on this . I set out carefully before the referendum why i believed we should stay in, and i said the sky will not fall in if we leave. What happened was the british people, who had been given the choice, Parliament Said it is your choice. They chose to leave. Will we be less prosperous . We have got to make sure we can use the opportunities that come from brexit we have got to grasp the opportunities, but the thing that matters most in this is being willing to deliver on the will of the people. Not saying, oh, you got it wrong, lets have a second referendum. But you voted, you have chosen, you want a government that will do it for you. If you voted for brexit you need to make sure you get it with a government who will deliver it for you. The people made the wrong choice by your book, because you were a remainor. So in your mind you must have thought, what are they on about. Then you said, they will get rich fer they stay, if they leave they will be poorer. Can you say say there is no difference we will get richer by leaving the same as we would if we had remained . 0r leaving the same as we would if we had remained . Or will there be a price to pay. I said i thought there we re price to pay. I said i thought there were advantages on being in the eu. But i believe we must deliver on the will of the people and make sure we make a success of it. What im doing as Prime Minister is saying lets find the opportunities that will enable us to be more prosperous. Too much of me. The man over there. You dont need to say good evening. We have be met. We are going to have the pay a divorce bill and it could be anything from nothing to a hundred billion. Could you quantify in billions of pounds what is a good deal . We need to go through very carefully what, as part of the negotiation, what, as part of the negotiation, what rights and obligations the United Kingdom has. Secondly, because if i gave you a figure here tonight, for what i thought would be a good figure, that wouldnt be a very good negotiating stance when im sitting down if im Prime Minister in ii im sitting down if im Prime Minister in 11 days time with the European Union. It is his money you are spending . Yes, its all our money that is taxpayers money, david. You dont go into a negotiating sta nce you dont go into a negotiating stance saying the thing i want out of this is, absolutely want out of this is, x. You can bet your Bottom Dollar you can can bet the other side doesnt want you to have x. Ive been very clear, as indeed has the eu on recognising that we need negotiate to that new relationship with them. Which will be about trade, but will be about other things, too. Like co operation on security and criminal justice. Things, too. Like co operation on security and criminaljustice. They wa nt to security and criminaljustice. They want to start off by talking about the bill. I want one of the early discussions about the resipcle arrangement for eu and uk citizens. They have said we cant negotiate the trade deal before we negotiate the trade deal before we negotiate the bill. Several have said we need to get on to the trade deal quickly. The woman at the back there. Hello. Hello. You saided that you think you can negotiate a good deal, but do you really think that you actually have any real leverage with brussels . Well, yes, i do. One of the reasons i think we can negotiate a good deal is because, actually, a good deal, in trade terms, is not just of benefit to the uk, its of benefit to businesses in the remaining countries remaining in the European Union. This isntjust about us. Its actually about a relationship that matters to them as well as it matters to us. You over here, on the right. Id like to pull you up on the comment about Diane Abbotts miscalculations you made a few minutes ago. Philip hammond got £20 billion miscalculations a few weeks ago. Applause well, what i will say is this, as i said earlier on, diane abbott wants to be Home Secretary and she wants to be Home Secretary and she wants to wipe the records of criminals and terrorists from the dna database. That would mean we could catch fewer criminals and fewer terrorists. You, sir, here. The man in the green. Talk about brexit and remainers, i think the voting 52 to 48 , you lack the confidence in asking the public, the electorate, one more time because the voting was so in the middle, nigel farage made a big mess. Michael gove led the electorate the wrong way. Boris johnstone, they had bus, you know, pasted with nhs £350 million. We we re pasted with nhs £350 million. We were told lies. People who voted out prams they should be given the second chance. You should have the confidence to say, shall we have another vote . Look, can i put it like this. Over the years, in the European Union, and its the years, in the European Union, and its European Economic community, there have been a number of occasions where referendums have been held in countries. There was one in ireland, i think france is an example as well, where they voted against what the eu was suggesting. Basically, the bureaucrats and the eu politicians turned round to those countries and said youve got it wrong, have another vote we want you to come up with what we think is the right answer. Now we know how much it will cost . You can come back in the minute. Collectively people here in the uk said thats not how to behave. If people have given their choice lets listen to the people and deliver it for them. On the wrong information. Applause the wrong information. They werent giving the right information to choose from. Ok, you, sir. Earlier this week, Prime Minister, you said you wanted the people of britain to trust you with regards to brexit and winning the election. How can the people trust you when youre manifesto is not giving them any detail as to figures or what you propose to do with all the things in government . Well, what my manifesto. Applause you are right, i use that word trust i use it because thats what politicians when we go out and ask people to vote for us, we are asking people to vote for us, we are asking people to vote for us, we are asking people to trust us in the role t