‘For heaven’s sake man, go’ Cameron tells Corbyn what the country is thinking and urges him to quit

Moments of genuine political drama are rare at Prime Minister’s Questions, which is generally more pantomime than Shakespeare.
We got one today.

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David Cameron, his voice crackling with raw emotion, looked across at Jeremy Corbyn and delivered the most brutal closing line this grandest of stages has seen for many a year.
“It might be in my party’s interest for you to sit there but it is not in the national interest,” he roared.
“For heaven’s sake man, go.”

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This, remember, is a Prime Minister forced to announce his resignation last week after a humiliating EU referendum defeat.
A Prime Minister who, in true Shakespearean fashion, rose to the highest post in the land by taking massive political gambles but saw his career brought crashing to the ground with one risky bet too many.

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He should have been in no position to stick the knife into his opposite number. But these are truly extraordinary times.
Corbyn strikes an equally Shakespearean figure as he desperately clings on as Labour leader, urged on by a court of scheming loyalists even when everyone else is clamouring for him to go.
Labour MPs are certain: it’s a real tragedy.

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And with the Prime Minister’s devastating attack it’s clear the Tories feel the comedy of Mr Corbyn’s leadership has gone on long enough.
In these most serious of times, the joke isn’t funny anymore.

Verdict: David Cameron 6-0 Jeremy Corbyn