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Lord Heseltine, a staunch Remainer, said young people were “indignant” and “felt betrayed” by elderly Brexit voters. Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the former deputy prime minister from 1995 to 1997, said youngsters wanted to “play a role in world affairs” which was not possible outside the EU. He said: “I think the young people are very indignant about Brexit. They voted, if they did vote, in very large numbers to Remain. “They feel betrayed by an elderly generation and the interesting thing politically is that every year something like two per cent of the elderly pass on and two per cent of the young join the electorate.

GETTY•EXPRESS Lord Heseltine said young voters would drag the UK back into the EU after Brexit

The Brexit case is in some difficulty as the younger generation vent their frustrations on politicians that created this mess Lord Heseltine

“So the Brexit case is in some difficulty as the younger generation vent their frustrations on politicians that created this mess.” Asked if Brexit did happen whether he thought the UK would re-enter the UK in future, Lord Heseltine added he had “no doubt”. He said: “I’ve no doubt that the young generation will take us back in, for all the obvious reasons that they want to matter, they want to be able to share power, they want to play a role in world affairs and Britain outside Europe will find it much harder to do that.” The Tory peer previously raged against Theresa May triggering Article 50 and claimed Brexit was the “biggest sacrifice of British sovereignty”.

Brexit talks 2017: Day one of Brexit negotiations latest pictures Mon, June 19, 2017 The first stage of the negotiations concerns the fate of European expatriates in the United Kingdom and Britons settled in Europe Play slideshow EPA 1 of 11 David Davis and Michel Barnier give a press conference at the end of a meeting at EU Commission in Brussels