. >> ian blackburn. >> can i associate myself with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition. speaker, week after week i have called on this prime minister to resign. i have been met with a wall of noise from the tory benches. i thought they were trying to shout me down but all this time -- but all this time, mister speaker it turns out 41% of them have been cheering me on. mister speaker, let's be clear, at least the numbers don't lie. 41% have no confidence in him, 66% of mps across the house don't support him and 97% of scottish mps want minister for the union shown the door. we now have a lame-duck prime minister presiding over a divided party in this united kingdom. how does the prime minister expect to continue when even unionist leaders in scotland won't back him? >> i want to thank you for your characteristic warm words and i one to say the most powerful and effective advocate to the united kingdom has been that man there. don't know how long he is going to last. long may he. he is the arrow date keeping our kingdom together. >> i can see the prime minister -- aiken s