Jacob Rees-Mogg was greeted by furious protesters on a university campus again as he turned out to debate Brexit at the Cambridge Union.

The Tory darling was forced to delay his departure from the debate by around 20 minutes while crowds faded away.

Mr Rees-Mogg led a Brexiteer team defending the motion 'no deal is better than a bad deal' against Labour peer Andrew Adonis - but lost the vote at the end of the night.

Jacob Rees-Mogg (left) led a Brexiteer team defending the motion 'no deal is better than a bad deal' against Labour peer Andrew Adonis (right) - but lost the vote at the end of the night

Mr Rees-Mogg was greeted by furious protesters on a university campus again as he turned out to debate Brexit at the Cambridge Union (pictured)

Students at the union debate (pictured) voted 46 per cent to 40 per cent in favour of the Remain team

Cambridge University's Varsity newspaper revealed around 85 people gathered outside the debate to protest Mr Rees-Mogg's views on gay rights with a 'kiss in'.

The Tory MP was involved in a scuffle last week while visiting the University of the West of England in Bristol last week but has played down the significance of the clash.

Students at last night's demonstration claimed 'It's wrong that he is being used as entertainment' while another said they 'won't stand by while the Cambridge Union invites people like him.'

In a statement to Varsity, Cambridge Defend Education's Stella Swain said: 'Jacob Rees-Mogg's intolerance, demonstrated both in his despicable voting record and his public statements, is unacceptable and should not be invited into our university.'

Mr Rees-Mogg and Lord Adonis swapped jibes over Brexit inside the debate.

The Conservative insisted any deal which failed to return control of borders, laws and money to the UK government would be a 'betrayal' of the referendum.

And he mocked claims Brexit would hit the UK's food supply because of how many goods are imported from the continent.

Pro-EU protesters gathered outside the Cambridge Union to welcome Jacob Rees-Mogg to the debate last night

Another Twitter user demanded that the Government 'stop Brexit' rather than debating what kind of exit to deliver

Mr Rees-Mogg said: 'I thought project fear had reached its apogee under George Osborne.

'Now we're going to starve because of leaving the European Union.'

Lord Adonis made a series of pointed jibes at Mr Rees-Mogg, joking at one point: 'We're all going to be extinct in due course, indeed Jacob was in many ways extinct many centuries ago.'

Mr Rees-Mogg, joined by Labour donor John Mills and businesswoman Helena Morrissey, lost to Remainers Lord Adonis, Nicky Morgan, and Cobra Beer Founder Karan Bilimoria.

Students at the union debate voted 46 per cent to 40 per cent in favour of the Remain team.