Jeremy Corbyn And David Cameron Sat Next To Each Other And It Was Painfully Awkward

    The two main party leaders were forced together for a speech from the Chinese president.

    President Xi Jinping of China is in London for a state visit, which meant these lads were made to sit together and listen to him make an address to parliament.

    Well they all look like they're having the best afternoon ever.

    Cameron and Corbyn initially managed to share a bit of grudging small talk.

    Jeremy Corbyn looks like every woman who has ever been approached on the bus by a rando

    They might have even shared a marginally funny joke together.

    "And then I said, 'No no, we should call it the Bae of Pigs scandal,' get it?"

    But then they just awkwardly sat in silence until President Xi started talking.

    As the minutes ticked on waiting for the Chinese president to begin, Corbyn looked like he was asking for help using his eyes alone.

    Corbyn looks like he's about to burst into an impromptu House of Cards style monologue #ChinaStateVisit

    Mercifully, Xi began speaking and it was translated through headsets, so the two men didn't have to acknowledge each other.

    When bae is tired of listening to your shit.

    Cameron's face was familiar to anyone who's used the tube in London.

    When you're on the tube and someone's headphones are leaking freeform jazz (pic via @JamieRoss7)

    Or anyone whose flight has been downgraded.

    When your flights overbooked and you get downgraded to economy...

    There was initial confusion as to why Cameron wasn't using headphones.

    Everyone watching Xi speak is wearing headphones, except David Cameron. Is he pretending he can speak Mandarin?

    "This is gripping stuff."

    "Who needs headphones? This is gripping stuff"

    "I'll be damned if I'm paying £2.50 for headphones."

    "I'll be damned if I'm paying £2.50 for headphones."

    Although it turned out he was using a secret earpiece. Clever.

    CAMERON DID USE AN EARPIECE - just look for the wire. Cleverly he used the one ear type for the camera angle!

    Meanwhile, shadow chancellor John McDonnell looked as unhappy as everyone else.

    UKIP's only MP, Douglas Carswell, looked highly confused.

    Somebody has plugged Carswell's headset into KissFM for the LOLs.

    And Corbyn, who has been vocal about his concerns over China's human rights record, weighed up making a subtle protest.

    Corbyn considers the merits of subtly giving Xi the finger

    "Questionable diplomacy and chill."

    15 minutes into morally questionable diplomacy & chill and he gives you this look

    At one point, Cameron mysteriously seemed to be enjoying the speech more than anyone else.

    Does Cameron's fancy discrete headset have a funnier translation?

    But, mainly, the MPs just looked like they were having the worst silent disco ever.

    Parliamentary silent disco. #XiJinping #XiUKVisit

    In his speech, the Chinese leader hailed a "long-shared deep mutual affection" between the UK and China, and said he hopes for closer ties between the two countries.

    But what we'll really remember from the occasion is the blossoming relationship between these two.