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Tory MP David Davies was branded "patronising" and ordered off Sky News by Kay Burley during a heated Brexit debate with Labour's Anna Turley.

During the clash Ms Turley, MP for Redcar in the North East, explained to Brexiteer Mr Davies the devastating impact leaving the European Union was expected to have on her constituency’s economy.

Mr Davies twice complained he was not getting a chance to respond before pulling out his phone and telling her: “I’ll check my phone while you have a little chat ok, you carry on.”

The stunned Labour MP said: “Wow, this is an amazing way to debate,” before Ms Burley stepped in.

Ms Burley told Mr Davies: “Let’s not be patronising, that is completely unacceptable, please don’t speak to her in that fashion.” Again he complained: “I can’t get a word in.”

The Sky News presenter told him he had been given his fair share on air time and ushered him off screen.

“Thanks for joining us David,” she told him.

Mr Davies later tweeted: "I'm quite happy to retweet & let people make up their own minds as to who was being discourteous. No idea what Kay Burley was doing - thought the interviewer role involved keeping the debate under control."

The incident has sparked debate among viewers, with some defending Mr Davies while accusing Ms Turley of "ranting" and Ms Burley of "losing control of the interview".

Ms Burley said viewers needed to watch the entire debate, rather than the minute-long clip being shared on social media, before passing judgement.

Labour MP David Lammy called Mr Davies' behaviour "disgraceful" while broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer said he was "perfectly reasonable, respectful & polite throughout".

An impassioned Ms Turley had been telling the MP for Monmouth in Wales, that based on government figures her constituency’s economy was expected to be 16 per cent worse off after Britain’s exit from the EU.

“I have a youth unemployment rate that’s two-and-a-half times the national average, are you telling me that hard Brexit is going to get more young people into work?” she said.

“It’s going to lose us our chemical industry, it’s going to lose are automotive industry, it’s going to lose our aerospace industry. And my constituents who worked hard in manufacturing, didn’t vote for this, they didn’t vote to be worse off, they didn’t vote to lose their jobs, they didn’t vote to be poor and there to be more inequality between the North East and London.”