Listen to the crescendo of background shouting in the following clip, from yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions:

.@Theresa_May is pouring petrol on the burning injustices in our society. #PMQs pic.twitter.com/Zvl5pbMtQY — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) September 12, 2018

Jeremy Corbyn was pointing out the failure of Universal Credit and its horrifying consequences for those who are being pushed onto the failed benefit, which was intended to be a fairer replacement for the former system but has proved to be a poverty trap for the poor.

Prime minister Theresa May had no answer for him and her backbenchers knew it, so they were reduced to trying to shout him down.

It was a miserable display of the worst aspect of the UK’s Parliamentary behaviour – and Labour’s MPs and supporters were quick to point it out.

Tory MPs trying to shout down @jeremycorbyn at #PMQS is not a good sight. l suppose all they have left is to shout and guffaw as they are bankrupt of ideas in their own party 👎 — 🌈 Angela Rayner 🌈 (@AngelaRayner) September 12, 2018

What an absolute shower the Tories are today at #PMQS the ones that have bothered to turn up are booing, shouting and hissing like they are at a pantomime. The PM with her usual tired stale performance of question dodging coupled with non-funny hackneyed gags&nonsense replies! 😩 — 🌈 Angela Rayner 🌈 (@AngelaRayner) September 12, 2018

..walked out of PMQs early. Tories bawling over Jeremy was just disgraceful. I’m guessing they don’t share his views on social justice. I was sat on the end of a row & Tories desperate baying meant I couldn’t even hear. Utterly disgusted at them. — Karen Lee (@Karen_karenelee) September 12, 2018

How edifying it is to see Tory MPs screaming and braying at the leader of the opposition to prevent him from doing his job. Soon they’ll be back on here tweeting about how the ‘hard left’ is threatening civility in public discourse. #PMQs — Hicham Yezza (@HichamYezza) September 12, 2018

Appalling. Today, at PMQs, Jeremy tried to raise the tragedy of disabled & ill people dying at the hands of Tory Welfare Policy. Like a baying mob, Tory MPs yelled loudly drowning out each tragic tale Jeremy attempted to have heard. pic.twitter.com/oOtBymTkL5 — Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) September 12, 2018

Her answer was a disgrace. While David Morris shouted accusations of racism at Jeremy Corbyn, she quoted Chuka Umunna’s false claims that Labour is institutionally racist and even referred to the ‘no confidence’ votes against Labour MPs.

None of the racism claims are true and Labour’s internal affairs are its own business.

She had nothing whatsoever to say about the failure of her party’s flagship benefit – because she probably doesn’t think it is a failure.

Tories don’t care about people claiming benefits. They just want to clear them off the books, save the money and give their supporters a big tax rebate. We’ve seen it before.

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