He “warmly congratulated” Mrs May and told Mr Corbyn that “when it came to female prime ministers I am glad to say the score will soon be two-nil”.
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“However, the Prime Minister’s legacy will undoubtedly be that he has taken us to the brink of being taken out of the European Union so we will not be applauding his premiership on these benches”. Mr Cameron’s daughters Nancy and Florence were seen to give their father a wave and to cheer him on during the session.
He had earlier joked and bantered with MPs and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. And that, in the end – the public service, the national interest – that’s what it’s all about.
Cameron responded that homelessness figures were “10% below the peak we saw under Labour” but added that “we need to quicken the pace” with regards to housing.
Even on his way out of the door, Mr Cameron – who told MPs he had addressed 5,500 questions in his six years – didn’t miss the chance to make the most of Labour’s troubles.
Corbyn treated the jibe with a joke of his own, referencing the narrow vote by Labour’s national executive committee on Tuesday night, which means he will definitely be on the members’ ballot for the party’s upcoming leadership election.
David Cameron walked away from his final session of Prime Minister’s Questions to Tory applause with a request from Jeremy Corbyn to pass on his thanks to his mum.
Mr Cameron concluded: “It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve our country as Prime Minister over these last six years and to serve as leader of my party over 11 years”.
“And we had to move – I seem to remember, in opposition – we had to move our morning meeting to accommodate his nine o’clock cigar”.
The first question was in a similar vein, with the UUP MP Danny Kinahan noting some vacancies Cameron could consider.
Knocking on the head Mr Corbyn’s suggestion that he was off to take the place of Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman, he said: “I don’t really have a pasa doble so no, I can promise that is not the case”.
The outgoing PM smiled and waved to his wife Samantha, who was sat with their children in the public gallery above, as he finished his last PMQs.
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It was left to Tory big beast Ken Clarke to deliver the last question, asking Mr Cameron to advise on Brexit and to stick around. I will miss the roar of the crowd, I will miss the barbs from the opposition, but I will be willing you on. We are working hard to do what we want, which is to give a guarantee to European Union citizens that they will have their rights respected – all those who have come to this country. “But I will be willing you on”, he said. But I mean willing all of you on, because people come here with huge passion for the issues they are about. Because, yes, we can be pretty tough and test and challenge our leaders – perhaps more than some other countries – but that is something we should be proud of and we should keep at it, and I hope you will all keep at it, and I will will you on as you do.
