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David Cameron getting absolutely savaged by a group of young people.

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Radio 1’s Live Lounge is normally reserved for musically talents from all over the world. But today it played host to even more magical scenes –  Newsbeat’s Chris Smith orchestrated what sounds like the Prime Minister’s most gruelling Q&A session in his election campaign so far. The savvy youngsters fired a barrage of questions at the PM on topics including the LGBT community and the Living Wage. And, surprisingly, Mr Cameron squirms more times than he should. Shots were fired when the Tory leader stressed: ‘If I’m PM after the next election I will continue with equality for gay and lesbian people.’ A member of the audience took issue with the fact that he failed to include ‘transgender’ in that sentence, for which apologised and he said he should have done. But the real awkward moment came when April gave him a grilling on the Living Wage. She said: ‘During your time as pm we’ve seen MP’s wages increased yet the British people have still been ...