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She said: “He wasn’t nervous, he delivered the questions in a more powerful way than previous leaders and David Cameron didn’t really know what to do with him – we are in a different game now and I am enjoying it”.

There is normally standing room only for Prime Minister’s Questions but the chamber will be especially packed today when Jeremy Corbyn makes his debut as Labour leader.

The Brighton honeymoon will soon be all too brief – next in the Corbyn diary is a date with David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions.

Even if every single ISIS fighter in Syria and Iraq bailed on the movement to become a hidden refugee plan, it would be less than 1% of the 4 million refugees that have fled Syria.

His comments came after another Conservative candidate for mayor, Andrew Boff, said: “I had the absolute tickles when I found out that Jeremy Corbyn was leader of the Labour Party”.

Mr Corbyn also indicated he would not attempt to enforce his personal opposition to the Trident nuclear deterrent or welfare cap. “I’ve long argued to abolish it and put a better alternative in its place, but it was rather refreshing today – good”.

The pacifist and republican also came under fire after he declined to sing the national anthem at a service for veterans of World War II in London on Tuesday.

John McDonnell, who was appointed shadow chancellor this week, admitted it was a mistake to say that republicans should be honoured for using armed struggle to force a negotiated settlement.

Sir Nicholas said: “It was an extremely disrespectful thing and I think he needs to make his mind up whether he is a grown-up or not”.

Mr Reed is to remain shadow minister for local government despite vocally backing Mr Corbyn’s Blairite rival in the leadership race.

Nolan and Ellison have been pushing for even more – between 100,000 and 200,000 refugees to be relocated in the United States by the end of 2016.

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

But she came under fire from Ms Abbott, a supporter of Mr Corbyn and the new Shadow Secretary of State for global Development, who said she was being “sanctimonious” and told her “you’re not the only feminist in the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party)”.

The senior Labour MP, appointed by Jeremy Corbyn to lead the party’s economic policy, said it had been a “mistake” to use the words and accepted he had “clearly” caused offence.

His current shadow justice secretary, Lord Falconer, said he would resign if Labour did anything less than back the “Stay” campaign.