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“These are the people who are supposed to look after us and they are behaving in a way that is not funny," he said.

Harriet Harman warned that "noisy demonstrations are literally the sound of democracy".

A Labour backbencher shouted: "Yes please!"

"It shows there are people in No 10 who just think there’s free money and who think that waving a Union Jack shows what a great power we are."

"You have damaged British science more than any other PM in history," Dr Mike Galsworthy said.

“We don’t believe there even should be an EU settlement scheme, and of course Scotland didn’t vote to come out of the EU but we are where we are," Scotland's Europe minister said.

The case is thought to be the first time that sitting MPs or peers have taken legal action against the Government on the grounds of national security.

“I hope the NHS staff here on Twitter see this thread and feel the appreciation they deserve," a Labour County Councillor said after reading the heart-warming replies.

Six months on from the end of the transition period, most of the British public are feeling downbeat about Brexit.