Jeremy Corbyn: Five defiant quotes from the Labour leader to his critics

Jeremy Corbyn speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London (PA)

Prime Minister’s Questions is often the hour when Jeremy Corbyn produces some of his most memorable quotes.

This week was no exception, with the Labour leader beginning PMQs with the same question about tax credits he asked at the session previous, because David Cameron “had been given a week to think about it”.

His dogged attempts at holding the Prime Minister and his Government to account have become a hallmark of his leadership, while the second has been unrelenting criticism.

A talented orator who sometimes has a tendency to give rambling answers, Corbyn can take longer than his opponents to arrive at his point. But he usually gets there (often with the help of some serious side-eye).

Here are five times Corbyn challenged his critics and opponents.

1) ”I notice in some of the newspapers that they have taken a bit of an interest in me. According to one headline Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the prospect of an asteroid wiping out humanity. Asteroids are pretty controversial and it is not the kind of thing I would want to rule out... without a full debate at conference and a review so can we have the debate later in the week.”

In response to the right wing media (and a very Corbyn-esque attempt at a joke)

2) “I ask him for the sixth time".

After abandoning the traditional process of asking six different questions when the PM refused to answer his first question about the issue of cutting tax credits directly.

3) "I was at the Battle of Britain memorial yesterday. I was there out of respect for that amazing moment in British history. I was also thinking about my family, my mum and dad who were there at that time in London, and worked as air raid wardens during the Blitz, and I was thinking about that. It was a respectful ceremony, and I stood in respect throughout it. […] The issue is that we had a memorial for the Battle of Britain, I was there, I showed respect for it, and I’ll show respect in the proper way at all future events.”

In response to criticism for not singing the national anthem during the Battle of Britain

4) “Labour is the voice that says to the many, at home and abroad: 'You don’t have to take what you’re given. You may be born poor but you don’t have to stay poor. You don’t have to live without power and without hope.

"You don't have to set limits on your talent and your ambition - or those of your children. You don’t have to be grateful to survive in a world made by others.”

After vowing to be unapologetic about opposing austerity in the face of Tory criticism

5) “How dare these people talk about security for families and people in Britain? There's no security for the 2.8 million households in Britain forced into problem debt by stagnating wages and the Tory record of the longest fall in living standards since records began.”

In response to being called a threat to national security by the Government