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Members of the BBC audience applauded the self-proclaimed Brexit denier as he claimed Britain should remain inside the European Union. The audience was selected from locals in the Ripon

area, one of the three North Yorkshire districts which backed Remain in the 2016 referendum. The group was also recorder cheering after the Labour peer demanded a second referendum to stop

the Brexit "nightmare."  The BBC Any Questions?  audience could be heard hollering at Lord Adonis after he responded to a statement from Conservative MP John Redwood, who rejected

the Brexit withdrawal deal Mrs May unveiled on Wednesday. Addressing to the audience, the peer said: "I actually agree with John in what he said in his conclusions which is, at the

moment, with the deal on the table, we’re better off staying in the EU. "He has said £39 million is a great waste of money. Therefore I look forward to campaigning with John in favour

of staying in the EU because, let’s be clear, it’s taken Theresa May two and a half years, and many circumnavigations around the globe, in order to get to the position we’re in today, with

this fiendishly complicated agreement she signed this week. "I think she’s done best of a bad job but what she has tested to distraction is this idea you can leave the European Union

but keep all the benefits. That simply isn't possible." Lord Adonis added: "What’s the right conclusion? We should have a people’s vote, there should be the option to stay and

we put this nightmare behind us." The Prime Minister has sparked scathing criticism from Brexiteers after she agreed to sign into a UK-wide backstop to avoid a hard border on the

island of Ireland. Pro-Brexit politicians have expressed concerns the lack of an "independent review mechanism" to the backstop preventing a border in Northern Ireland could

potentially result in Brussels being able to lock Britain into a limbo. Commenting on her decision, Mr Redwood confirmed he is planning to vote down the proposal and looks forward to leaving

the European Union on World Trade Organisation terms. He said: "I look forward to us leaving on March 29 next year without signing the withdrawal agreement because the withdrawal

agreement that has been negotiated is unacceptable. "It’s a lot of money out of the UK for 21 months, more uncertainty in the form of more talks with the European Union in the hope they

might offer us something. "I don’t believe there’s a cliff edge, I think we will leave and trade perfectly well using World Trade Organisation rules." EU states say they want an

“ambitious” future relationship with the UK but warned Mrs May there must be a difference to any future trade deal with Britain than other member states, meaning they would not be prepared

to make completely frictionless trade a reality. Some countries, including Germany, Ireland and Portugal, want the text to sound positive but others, such as France, Belgium and Spain, want

a more threatening tone highlighting the benefits of the EU’s single market and telling Britain what it would be missing out on. Earlier today, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime

Minister Mark Rutte both slammed the door on Brexiteer hopes for a renegotiated deal. The German leader said there is “no question” of renegotiating the draft terms despite concerns the

current deal could lead to no deal at all, a scenario which Mrs Merkel described as the “worst and most chaotic.”