‘The irony’: Iain Duncan Smith mocked following ‘honesty with the public’ remark about Rishi Sunak

Appearing of Good Morning Britain, IDS said: “It’s far better to be straight and honest with the public, who actually understand what is happening at the moment.

“If he [Sunak] had come out and said, ‘don’t worry, it’s all going to be ok,’ everybody would have said [that] this is ridiculous.”

The former Tory leader also defended a public sector pay freeze, arguing the UK had to find money to deal with the “worst [economic] figures in 300 years outside of a war”.

Twitter users lapped up the comments.

Jimmy Sev posted: “The irony of IDS saying it’s far better to be straight with the public!”

Mark Stacey wrote: “Straight as backing an election promise of an oven-ready deal, not reading it then pushing it through the House of Commons and 9 months later saying that the oven-ready [deal] is not good and brake international law to change it?”

Elaine Loughery added: “Straight and honest are not two words I would associate with the government.”

One user, by the name AJames, quipped: “I missed the part where he said don’t worry, Brexit will be here to save us!”