Jeremy Corbyn has been slammed for accusing a reporter of "harrasment" after he dodged a question over a new general election.
ITV journalist Libby Weiner asked the Labour leader if he would welcome a new election after the High Court ruled MPs must vote before the Brexit process can begin.
The court's decision has sparked a flurry of reports suggesting Prime Minister Theresa May would call an election early next year.
After being quizzed on the prospect today, Mr Corbyn appeared stressed and told an aide: “Can we go outside? We’re being harassed here.”
Viewers were quick to criticise the politician, accusing him of dodging the question and labelling hm "invisible" and an "embarrassment".
Ian Martin, one of the team behind political satire The Thick of It, posted: "'Jeremy Corbyn refuses to say...' Pretty much every f***ing Corbyn story now. Impotent. Silent. Furious. Meldrew. The People's Apoplexit."
It came after he made a speech in which he called on Mrs May to reveal the full details of the Government’s Brexit strategy “without delay”.
On Thursday, High Court ruled the Prime Minister cannot trigger Article 50, the process through which Britain's EU withdrawal begins, without the approval of MPs.
The Labour leader demanded “transparency and accountability to Parliament” in his speech to thinktank Class, but dodged a question afterwards on whether he would welcome a new general election in light of recent events.
He said: “Labour accepts and respects the decision of the British people to leave the European Union.
“But there must be transparency and accountability to Parliament about the Government’s plans.
“I suspect the Government opposes democratic scrutiny of its plans because – frankly – there aren’t any plans, beyond the hollow rhetoric of ‘Brexit means Brexit’.
Mr Corbyn added that British businesses deserve clarity over the Government’s plans as well.
Today it was claimed the Prime Minister may call an election in order to be given a mandate to pull Britain out of the EU.
The Daily Telegraph said the prospect of a vote is being "openly discussed" by ministers after this week's developments.
