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

“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...”

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2021-01-01 14:07
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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.

https://twitter.com/sanglesey/status/1344973080087715841

I think I saw Iain Duncan Smith on TV last night looking very happy saying 'Now…we can dominate the world…'
1. Can we?
2. Why would we want to?
3. Is he OK?

— Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 (@MichaelRosenYes) January 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/KatyFBrand/status/1345002530934239232

Iain Duncan Smith’s sole experience of business was six years of pretty undistinguished middle management for GEC Marconi in the early 80s.

“attended the company's staff college Dunchurch College of Management. He did not gain any qualifications” https://t.co/bnOFQQaewy

— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) January 1, 2021

Your reminder, should one ever be necessary, that Iain Duncan Smith is as crackers as a mixed bag of weasels and amphetamines. https://t.co/D8xil88fja

— Jonathan L. Howard — updates and little else now. (@JonathanLHoward) January 1, 2021

"Buccaneering" – ardent Brexiters have this cartoon version of history – wanting to be Francis Drake they end up sounding more like Donald Duck

— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) January 1, 2021

Point of order: Iain Duncan Smith never was 21 in the first place. He began life around 48 years old. https://t.co/1hiTmABitP

— Mark Watson (@watsoncomedian) January 1, 2021

does…does he think young people are about to become pirates again https://t.co/G7JO1ERcmi

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) January 1, 2021

Ah, to be 21 and trading https://t.co/oPd4CbfNAZ

— Sarah Manavis (@sarahmanavis) January 1, 2021

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