CBI conference: Prime Minister David Cameron heckled by anti-European Union protesters during speech to business leaders
Anti-European Union protesters interrupted Prime Minister David Cameron's speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference in London this morning, holding a banner and chanting "CBI, voice of Brussels".
"If you wait a second you can ask me a question rather than interrupting what is a very good conference," Cameron told the hecklers, adding, "Come on guys, you can ask me a question rather than making fools of yourselves by just standing up and protesting."
The protesters were quickly removed from the conference hall. They later told Reuters that they were admitted to the conference after Vote Leave, a pro-Brexit campaign group, created a fake company in order for them to secure conference passes.
Cameron, who is expected to spell out the UK government’s requirements for EU reform in a letter to the President of the European Council Donald Tusk tomorrow, told CBI delegates this morning that he is not "firing the starting gun" on the EU referendum this week.