Lee Anderson has told Ursula von der Leyen to “shut up” after she urged young people to reverse Brexit. 

The President of the European Commission suggested the UK could be on a path to rejoin the bloc.

She said at an event in Brussels that “the direction of travel” was clear and suggested the younger generation could “fix” the mistake of Brexit.

But Mr Anderson, the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, told GB News: “So the generation that fixed the problems in Europe was my grandad’s generation. 

“He put a British Army uniform on… he went to fight the Nazis, he went all across North Africa, through Sicily, through Italy, seen some horrible things. That was the generation that fixed the problems in Europe. She needs to shut up.” 

Asked if he believed the UK will rejoin the EU in his lifetime, he said: “I hope not because if we do I’m moving to Orkney isles.” 

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