Jacob Rees-Mogg MP has made an account with the social media app Snapchat in order to preach Brexit and tell young voters about the “the big issues of our day.”

The Etonian joins Jeremy Corbyn as one of a handful of MPs to sign up to the smartphone app as an official channel to communicate politics to the electorate.

In his first address on the app on Saturday, in the form of a Snapchat story, he explained why he joined the platform, accidentally referring to it as a “site” rather than an app.

The Conservative MP joked: “It's the cutting edge of social media that has just taken over from the gramophone record.

“If you want to find out more about me, the big issues of our day, please join this site, thank you.”