Stony-faced Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson at Queen’s Speech

Jeremy Corbyn struck a pose of cold fury today as the lame duck Labour leader was forced to walk to the Lords beside a grinning Boris Johnson to hear the Queen’s Speech.

Mr Corbyn endured the short trip from the Commons to the Lords this morning alongside the happy Prime Minister in stony silence, less than a week after his party was humiliated at the polls.

Mr Corbyn has been noted for regularly not speaking to the Conservative leader of the day as they walk side by side for the parliamentary spectacle, despite their efforts to make small talk.

And after he handed Mr Johnson a majority of 80- last week – and subsequently announcing he would quit as leader in the new year – Mr Corbyn looked especially humourless today.

Mr Corbyn has been noted for regularly not speaking to the Conservative leader of the day as they walk side by side for the parliamentary spectacle, despite their efforts to make small talk.

Mr Corbyn was joined by a similarly downbeat-looking Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, in the House of Lords

Mr Johnson vowed to ‘take Britain forward’ today (pictured) as the Queen’s Speech unveiled his 10-year plan to seize the benefits of Brexit

At October’s State Opening of Parliament Mr Corbyn made little attempt to engage with his Tory rival (pictured) 

The Queen set out the government’s agenda in a scaled back ceremony in the House of Lords, without the usual pomp and ceremony.

It was the second time she had made the trip from Buckingham in two months, but the context could hardly be more different, with Mr Johnson having secured a huge 80-strong majority in the election rout.

There was an element of deja vu in today’s sideshow as it mirrored what happened at the last State Opening of Parliament in October.

Then, the usually gregarious Prime Minister attempted to strike up a conversation with Mr Corbyn as he and the left-wing leader led MPs to the House of Lords.

But while Mr Corbyn had a warm greeting for Ian Blackford, the SNP’s Westminster leader, he made little attempt to engage with his Tory rival.

They walked in uncomfortable near-silence through the lobby separating the two chambers, at the head of a column of politicians.

Mr Johnson vowed to ‘take Britain forward’ today as the Queen’s Speech unveiled his 10-year plan to harness the benefits of Brexit.

Hitting the ground running after his bombshell election victory, the PM warned there is ‘no time to waste’ as he laid out a blizzard of legislation – from an NHS funding bonanza to a new immigration system.

Police numbers will be bolstered by 20,000, stop and search powers beefed up to help tackle knife crime, and terrorists will lose rights to early release as ministers crack down on crime.

There are also moves to drive house-building, and make the market fairer – a key demand for younger voters – including offering 30 per cent discounts for people buying properties in the area where they grew up.

In a nod to the working-class voters in Leave-leaning seats whose support was critical to the defeat of Labour, Mr Johnson said the ‘ambitious’ package would ‘spread opportunity to every corner of our United Kingdom’.

Setting out his vision for two terms in power, Mr Johnson said his first priority would be getting Brexit secured by passing his divorce deal.

But he made clear the Tory project would go much wider. ‘This is a radical Queen’s Speech – it will take us out of the EU, overhaul our immigration system, and will enshrine in law record investment for the NHS,’ Mr Johnson said in a foreword.

‘Just imagine where this country could be in 10 years’ time.’

Stone-cold Corbyn blanks beaming Boris: MailOnline body language expert Judi James watches the frostiest of meetings between the two leaders 

Boris Johnson straightened his tie in a ‘small gesture of self-comfort’ after he was blanked by Jeremy Corbyn today, a body language expert has said.

The Prime Minister and Labour leader awkwardly walked side by side during the State Opening of Parliament this morning, with Mr Corbyn striking a furious pose.

And communication expert Judi James said the tension was building in Mr Corbyn’s body language before he even got up to walk with Mr Johnson.

Communication expert Judi James said tension was building in Jeremy Corbyn’s body language before he got up to walk with Boris Johnson at the State Opening of Parliament today

She said Mr Corbyn then looked ‘scared’ when Mr Johnson moved across to walk with him and tried his best to avoid ‘eye contact or any form of greeting’.

Ms James added how Mr Johnson carried out a public ‘cutting’ of the Prime Minister, suggesting he feels his downfall is ‘almost entirely Boris’s fault’.

Mr Johnson then went to ‘straighten his tie in a small gesture of self-comfort that suggests even he has been made to feel awkward’, Ms James said.

When Boris Johnson moves across to join him, Mr Corbyn ‘looks scared, like a man who might turn to stone if he so much as acknowledges the PM’s presence’, according to Ms James

She told MailOnline: ‘The tension is building in Corbyn’s body language before he even gets up to walk with the PM here.

‘Sitting perched on the edge of his seat he part-rises once before sitting again to wait for Boris, but his edgy pose makes him look like a greyhound waiting to leap out of the trap and be gone off as quickly as possible. 

‘His eyes are on Boris at this point, but the moment Boris moves across to join him Corbyn looks scared, like a man who might turn to stone if he so much as acknowledges the PM’s presence via eye contact or any form of greeting.

Mr Johnson straightens his tie in a ‘small gesture of self-comfort’ after he was blanked by Mr Corbyn today, according to body language expert Ms James

‘Boris looks relaxed, upbeat and chatty, buttoning his jacket and apparently trying to engage Corbyn in the usual social small-talk that occurs between party leaders during these exits from the chamber for the Queen’s Speech.

‘Corbyn makes no non-verbal acknowledgment though and his very public ‘cutting’ of the PM suggests he feels his current downfall is almost entirely Boris’s fault.

‘Boris’s response is to straighten his tie in a small gesture of self-comfort that suggests even he has been made to feel awkward by this toe-curling lack of response.’