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Theresa May was openly laughed and jeered at by MPs today, after she insisted she doesn’t work for ‘the privileged few.’

The Prime Minister was defending her approach to Brexit negotiations in a rowdy session in the House of Commons.

She insisted: “When I stood in Downing Street and addressed the nation for the first time, I pledged that the Government I lead will not be driven by the interests of the privileged few, but of ordinary working families.”

She was immediately interrupted by a roar of mockery from the opposition benches.

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The humiliating moment came as Mrs May defended her Brexit negotiations, including the notion that the UK might ask for an extension to the transition period to avoid the Northern Ireland backstop.

"There are some limited circumstances in which it could be argued that an extension to the implementation period might be preferable if we were certain it was only for a short time," She said.

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"A short extension to the implementation period would mean only one set of changes for businesses at the point we move to the future relationship.”

And she said any such arrangement would have to be completed “well before” the parliament ends in June 2022 - which would be six years after the Brexit vote.

She said: “Any such scenario we would have to be out of this implementation period well before the end of this parliament."