Corbyn To Face Cameron Amid Anthem Snub Row

In the first “crowd-sourced” PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn asked questions that came from members of the public.

Mr Corbyn, who spoke to large crowds in Sheffield as part of his leadership campaign, was elected as the new party leader on Saturday in a landslide victory.

Corbyn does not support the monarchy. Guests on the show include the Conservative culture minister Ed Vaizey and Labour’s Lisa Nandy.

“We will fight this bill all the way, and if it becomes law we will repeal it in 2020″, he said, referring to the date of the next national election.

Mr Crausby said: “The majority of Labour MPs wanted someone else but I think there is a mood of give him a chance”.

There was no mention of the morning’s big news story: criticism of Corbyn for failing to sing the national anthem at a commemorative event on Tuesday.

Explaining his decision to turn down the defence job, Mr Bryant said: “I think Jeremy needs somebody in that particular portfolio where he and that person are rather more at one than I could be”.

Mr Corbyn was greeted with cheers as he rose to his feet at the despatch box, where he pressed the PM over housing, welfare cuts and mental health services.

“These have been appointments from all wings of the party, a really inclusive approach”.

“It is my view that we should support the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European Union , notwithstanding the outcome of any renegotiation by the Prime Minister”, Umunna said in a statement.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who was also at the service, described Mr Corbyn as a “hardcore republican”.

He also said: “The issue surely is we had a memorial for the Battle of Britain“.

Having previously promised to shake-up the Labour party, loud cheers erupted from the red benches as Corbyn took to the stand for the first time.

Labour lawmakers congratulated Corbyn, with some praising him for deflating his Conservative opponents, who often try to score points from the opposition with well-timed barbs.

Usually, opposing party leaders and politicians ask questions on behalf of their party, and in turn the Prime Minister answers with usually heckled and ridicule filled responses.

Julian Ware-Lane, deputy leader of the Labour group on Southend Council, said: “We have suffered two bad losses in successive general elections, something I have personal experience of as a candidate on both occasions”.