Lee Anderson launched a vicious attack on Ursula von der Leyen after the European Commission President suggested young people should reverse Brexit.
She said Britain could be on a path to “fix” the mistake of Brexit.
Mr Anderson, the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, hit back and 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.”
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