Theresa May has been heckled by a furious Tory activist shouting at her to resign after losing more than 400 seats in the local elections.
The angry man confronted the Prime Minister as she faced the music at the Welsh Tory conference today.
With councillors and MPs calling for her to quit, the man shouted: "Why don't you resign? The National Convention doesn't want you, we don't want you."
Groans erupted and the crowd shouted “out out out!” at the man, who was escorted out.
Mrs May tried to laugh off the attack, introducing herself in Welsh - and joking she usually received a friendly welcome in North Wales, home to her walking holidays.
But anger was mounting against the Prime Minister as she refused to say "sorry" despite losing control of a string of Home Counties strongholds including Basildon, Folkestone and Southend-on-Sea.
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Ms Ford put the astonishing result down to Tory voters "staying at home frustrated at the uncertainty over Brexit ."
It comes as Mrs May faces a no confidence vote at the hands of grassroots Tory activists next month over her handling of Brexit.
The non-binding vote is due to be held in June by the National Conservative Convention, which represents almost 1,000 constituency chiefs nationwide.
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The man who heckled Mrs May was identified by ITV's Welsh political editor as Stuart Davies, a former agent to Boris Johnson when the MP fought Clwyd South in 1997.
Theresa May admitted it is a “difficult time for our party” in her statement.
And she said “I commiserate” with everyone who lost - but didn’t say “sorry” to more than 400 Tory councillors who lost their seats.
The PM said: “Those elections were very difficult for our party.
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“Results are still coming in but the picture is clear. Councillors who’ve given years of hard work in their local communities have lost through no fault of their own.
“I commiserate with everyone who lost yesterday.
“I was a local councillor. I know how hard it is. I’ve knocked on the doors, I’ve delivered the leaflets.”
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She added: “This is a difficult time for our party and these election results are a symptom of that.” She said the Tories were in power at a momentous point in history, and “what is momentous and historic is seldom simple and straightforward.
“But I think there was a simple message from yesterday’s elections to both us and the Labour Party- just get on and deliver Brexit.”
The Tories lost hundreds of seats as local councillors were punished for a Parliament in chaos.
But Labour failed to seize the spoils from the Tories' loss - with huge gains instead going to the Lib Dems, who boasted of their best night ever.
Voters declared "a plague on both your houses", polling expert John Curtice said.
With just over half the 248 councils declared, the Tories had lost more than 500 seats while Labour had lost around 50 and the Lib Dems gained more than 300.
Labour gained control of once-blue Trafford but lost control of northern heartlands Hartlepool, Bolsover and Wirral, and lost a clutch of seats on Leave-backing Sunderland.
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And he admitted Labour may have lost votes from people “disagreeing with both parties on attitudes towards the EU”.
