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IDS rinsed after urging young Brits to ‘buccaneer, trade and dominate the world’

Iain Duncan Smith is obviously happy that Brexit is over and done with – but his celebrations seem to have been cut short by an attack of wistfulness.

“I just wish I was 21 again, frankly,” IDS – an arch-Brexiteer – said. “Because my goodness what prospects lie ahead of us for young people now. To be out there buccaneering, trading, dominating the world again…”

Needless to say, Twitter was quick to mock the Tory MP for his misplaced nostalgia, who had apparently forgotten that young Brits are – on the whole – pretty p*ssed off about having their freedom of movement and schemes like Erasmus taken away.

Here are some of the best reactions.

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Henry Goodwin

Henry is a reporter with a keen interest in politics and current affairs. He read History at the University of Cambridge and has a Masters in Newspaper Journalism from City, University of London. Follow him on Twitter: @HenGoodwin.

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