Prime Minister David Cameron’s attempt to deliver a rousing speech at the Conservative Party conference backfired when he accidentally said the party ‘resents’ the poor.

In a speech which appeared to be an attempt to dispel the ‘nasty party’ label at a conference which has at times been made heavy with the talk of austerity, Mr Cameron tried to say that his party "represents" poor children who grow up on housing estates.

But instead, he said the Tories "resent the poor". The slip-up quickly saw a barrage of tweets using #FreudianSlip appear on Twitter.

Named after psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, the term is used to name an error in a person's actions, including their speech, which is interpreted as an interruption by the person's subconscious and a reflection their true feelings.

He told the hall: "This party is the trade union for children from the poorest estates and the most chaotic homes.

"This party is the union for the young woman who wants an apprenticeship.