Mr Benn made an early commitment to party members that the party would firmly remain within the yes camp in the forthcoming European referendum and said Mr Corbyn had also made it clear that it was the party’s job “not to walk away” from the political union.
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On the TUC stage, his lack of theatricality went down well.
But at 12.03pm Corbyn rose to his feet and told the House many people he had met across the country during his leadership campaign had told him they believed Parliament was out of touch, and that the “theatrical” PMQs was part of that.
And his response to a question from Northern Irish MP Nigel Dodds left little doubt that the PM was seeking to draw attention to controversy over past comments on the Troubles by Mr Corbyn and his shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
The only flicker of frustration came when Mr Corbyn retorted: “Surely we all have the responsibility to make sure people are living a decent life in Britain?”
In his first official grilling of United Kingdom prime minister David Cameron in parliament, new opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn chose an entirely new strategy of asking questions – crowdsourcing them from the public.
The SNP’s Alex Salmond questioned whether it was an effective way of causing damage on Mr Cameron, who wasn’t challenged on his answers.
“Labour’s leader turned up dishevelled at the Battle of Britain service and stood in mute silence as everyone sang “God Save the Queen'”, said the Sun’s editorial”.
“I don’t see a problem like this”.
Corbyn wore a mismatched jacket and trousers and his top shirt button was undone.
She said: “Jeremy has proven that he wants to do things differently and I agree with him that for a long time Prime Minister’s Questions has been about theatrics and I think we have to grow up a bit”.
Finally, I and the Portsmouth Labour Group will continue to do what is right both for local residents in the wards we represent and the people of Portsmouth in general.
In this interview, he also addressed a number of other issues, including his opposition to Trident and a bombing campaign in Syria, which he said may well not lead to a solution to the civil war engulfing the country.
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He said Mr Corbyn and the new Scottish leader, Lothian MSP Kezia Dugdale, had said quite clearly they wanted to work closely together.
