Irish PM Leo Varadkar infuriates Leavers after suggesting he pities British WW2 veterans over Brexit

IRISH PM Leo Varadkar has infuriated Leavers after suggesting he feels sorry for British WW2 veterans over Brexit.

The Dublin chief claimed Tommies who stormed the Normandy beaches on D-Day were doing so “for European values”.

However, he was immediately attacked by eurosceptics who pointed out nobody had even conceived of the EU project until after the war.

Mr Varadkar was applauded as he made the remarks during a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

During the address he reeled off a list of British people and businesses who he said will be worse off as a result of Brexit.

He pointed out that young people will “lose their right to live, work and study anyway in the EU” after the UK leaves.

The Taoiseach said it was a “real shame” that whilst his sister's children will remain EU citizens via their Irish passports “other kids in their class” won’t.

He said: “Also, I’m conscious of British veterans, very brave people, who fought on the beaches of France not just for Britain but also for European democracy and for European values. People like that are always on my mind.”

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Mr Varadkar insisted: “I very much value what was hard won by past generations and what they sacrificed for us. That vision delivered peace in Europe.”

Tory MP James Gray, who served in the Territorial Army, accused the Irish leader of “talking a lot of rubbish” because the EU did not exist in 1944.

Meanwhile ex Ukip leader Nigel Farage branded Mr Varadkar “a European Unionist whatever the cost to Ireland may be.”

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