Six moments you may have missed in the Commons
In a momentous day, the chancellor has been slapped down by the Speaker and Jeremy Corbyn has been called a "chlorinated chicken".
Thursday 5 September 2019 08:15, UK
Boris Johnson's first PMQs and the subsequent votes in the Commons have certainly been eventful.
On a day which saw MPs take control of the Commons in an attempt to block a no-deal Brexit and the rejection of a snap general election, we look at the moments you may have missed.
1. MP calls out Boris Johnson on "racist" past comments
Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi tore into the prime minister during PMQs, urging him to apologise for his "derogatory" remarks about Muslim women.
He said: "I understand the hurt and the pain felt by Muslim women when they are called bank robbers and letterboxes, and the prime minister must apologise now for his derogatory and racist remarks which have led to a spike in hate crimes."
Mr Johnson made the comments in a column for The Telegraph last year.
Anti-hate project Tell Mama said this week that there had been a "significant spike" in Islamophobic incidents in the week following the column's publish.
Mr Singh Dhesi was applauded in the Commons after calling out the prime minister.
In response, Mr Johnson said: "Under this government we have the most diverse cabinet in the history of this country."
He also claimed there had been "no ounce of an apology from the Labour Party for the antisemitism which is deep in their ranks".
2. Sajid Javid repeatedly slapped down by Speaker
The chancellor was branded "out of order" by Speaker John Bercow after his spending review veered into Brexit territory and attacks on Labour's economic record.
Mr Bercow told the chancellor: "There is a procedure to statements of this kind, a very long established procedure, and it bothers me greatly that the right honourable gentleman in the course of a statement seems to be veering into matters outwith, not even tangential, but unrelated to the spending round upon which he is focused."
Mr Javid was criticised twice by the Speaker during his review, in which he detailed how the government still believed it could reach a deal with the EU but would continue no-deal preparations.
A point of order was made by Ken Clarke, MP for Rushcliffe, and the chancellor was asked to shift his focus on to the spending review.
3. Jeremy Corbyn is called a "chlorinated chicken"
During a fiery exchange between the opposition leader and Boris Johnson, the prime minister noted how Mr Corbyn had often raised concerns about food standards if the UK entered a trade deal with the US.
After challenging the Labour leader to a general election, he joked: "There's only one chlorinated chicken in this House."
The prime minister launched attacks on Mr Corbyn throughout the day, later accusing him of being "frit and chicken" over the prospect of a general election.
Hitting back at the prime minister, Mr Corbyn said Mr Johnson was "absolutely desperate to avoid scrutiny" over his Brexit strategy.
4. Prime minister swears in the Commons
Rather unusually, a swear word was used in the House of Commons.
Mr Johnson repeated the words of shadow education secretary Angela Rayner, who previously said her own party's economic strategy was "s***-or-bust".
"I say it's both," the prime minister said.
There were shouts and giggles from MPs after the swear word was used.
Ms Rayner had said in an interview with The Spectator that her party's economic strategy was "high-risk" but that "all of Britain's great advancements in the past have been because we've had the gumption to take a risk".
5. Former Tory MP Ken Clarke launches blistering attack on PM
Reacting to the government's defeat as MPs passed a bill to block a no-deal Brexit, former Tory grandee Ken Clarke made a scathing attack on the prime minister.
To cheers from MPs, he said: "I do think the prime minister has a tremendous skill in keeping a straight face whilst he's being so disingenuous.
"The fact is he's so desperate to have a election to bring this House's proceedings to an end, to have the election before October 31st, and he's obviously going to campaign before that on the basis he's been thwarted getting an amazing beneficial deal for this country."
The prime minister shook his head in response to the Rushcliffe MP's comments.
Mr Clarke had the whip removed from him - after serving 49 years as a Conservative MP - for being amongst the 21 rebel Tories who voted against the government last night.
6. Jess Phillips tears into "cowardly" Tory MPs
Labour MP Jess Phillips gave an impassioned speech in which she described Conservative MPs' reaction to their colleagues' removal as an "abomination".
"You have sat by silently while your colleagues have been marched out," she told the Commons.
Ms Phillips was referring to the 21 Tories sacked for defying Boris Johnson over Brexit, who included Winston Churchill's grandson and the current longest-serving MP.
"It's as if we were kicking out Harriet Harman," she said.