European leaders have been accused of "hijacking" the result of Richmond Park by-election by suggesting the shock Liberal Democrat win means Britain does not want to leave the European Union.

Iain Duncan Smith, the Eurosceptic former Cabinet minister, told the EU's chief Brexit negotiator - who welcomed the result - to "mind his own bloody business".

The LibDems won the Richmond Park by-election, pulling off one of most spectacular political upsets of recent years and denting the Conservatives' narrow majority in the House of Commons.