Theresa May conference speech gatecrashed by Jewish comedian Simon Brodkin

P45 stunt was by comedian Simon Brodkin / Lee Nelson

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) October 4, 2017

NEW: We found what we assume is the P45 the prankster tried to hand to PM during her speech. #cpc17 pic.twitter.com/QeB64wxRkT

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) October 4, 2017

Protester gave his name as Simon Brodkin and is believed to be comedian Lee Nelson https://t.co/4iEvjTpIeU

— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) October 4, 2017

Comedian Simon Brodkin being led out after gatecrashing Theresa May's speech - saying Boris gave him the P45 to give to the PM pic.twitter.com/QIvs1R3zP0

— Alain Tolhurst (@Alain_Tolhurst) October 4, 2017

Afterwards Brodkin tweeted that the P45 was intended for Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Hi @BorisJohnson, I gave Theresa her P45 just like you asked. pic.twitter.com/gzW0UluDMv

— Simon Brodkin (@simonbrodkin) October 4, 2017

 

Theresa May continued after a round of applause from the audience.

During her speech, Mrs May also criticised Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s approach to tackling discrimination in his party, saying he had allowed “antisemitism and misogyny to run free”.