TIM Farron's latest campaign visit has been disrupted after the Liberal Democrat leader was confronted by an angry voter over his position on Brexit.
Pensioner Malcolm Baker told Mr Farron voters "did know" what they were voting for in the EU referendum and accused him of believing Leave supporters were racist.
Mr Farron was in the middle of a television interview in Kidlington, near Oxford, when the 65-year-old took him to task over his position on the EU.
Mr Baker said voters "do know, we did know" what they were backing in the referendum.
When Mr Farron insisted he did not believe Leave voters were racist, he replied: "Yes, you do. I tell you what, you keep going on all the time..."
Mr Farron questioned the disgruntled voter about whether he was proud his grandchildren "would inherit a poorer, less powerful, less secure country".
"I'm proud that they will be coming out of Europe and that we will have our own destiny and not have people telling us we are going to pay £100 billion to get out," Mr Baker declared.
"If that's your policies, I hope you are going to get six seats."
Mr Baker added: "I have always voted Labour but I will be voting for Theresa May."
He later said: "I'm fed up of hearing this chap keeping on running Britain down."
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