Sour MPs boo and jeer as Ukip MP speaks during first post-Brexit PMQs
UKIP’s only MP was booed and jeered by sour Remain supporters during the first PMQs following the EU referendum.
Douglas Carswell booed and jeered in Parliament
Speaker John Bercow was forced to intervene as Douglas Carswell, who defected from the Conservatives to Ukip, rose to ask a question of the Prime Minister.
Mr Carswell began: "I thank the Prime Minister for giving us last week’s great exercise in democracy."
As he finished his speech MPs from across the house jeered, groaned and booed.
"The Honourable Gentleman will be heard and it is about us and this place and he will be heard," Speaker Bercow said.
Mr Carswell continued: "We on the Leave side should recognise that although we won, it was a narrow mandate with plenty of decent, patriotic people voting for Remain.
"Does the Prime Minister agree with me that both sides now need to come together to achieve a post-EU national consensus whereby we have close links with our friends and allies in Europe and beyond while reclaiming our sovereignty?"
Douglas Carswell was booed at PMQs
We on the Leave side should recognise that although we won, it was a narrow mandate with plenty of decent, patriotic people voting for Remain
Mr Carswell’s comments triggered another round of jeering before the Prime Minister rose to answer.
PMQs began with Mr Cameron urging Jeremy Corbyn to stand down "for the sake of the nation".
The Prime Minister told MPs that the consequences of the Brexit vote would be "difficult" for the UK.
"There are going to be some very choppy waters ahead," he said.
Jeered, hissed and booed by MPs who disliked verdict of the people in ref as I asked a question on need for conciliation and consensus
— Douglas Carswell MP (@DouglasCarswell) June 29, 2016
The longer I sit in the Commons chamber the less confidence I have in our political system....
— Douglas Carswell MP (@DouglasCarswell) June 29, 2016
"I don't resile from any of the warnings I made during the referendum campaign, but we have got to work through this.
"The warnings were that if we voted to leave the EU, there would be difficulties in terms of our own economy and growth rates and instability in the markets.
"We are now seeing those things. There is no doubt in my mind these are going to be difficult economic times."
Mr Corbyn told the PM that Thursday's vote was "a rejection of the status quo, a status quo that has failed".