Jacob Rees-Mogg - Prime Minister?

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I know he is very posh and comes across as old fashioned and a bit quirky/eccentric, but he came across very well on Question Time, made some good points and seemed to understand a lot of the problems people are going through, was articulate and not shouty.

I know a lot of people will hate him simply because he is "posh", rich and old fashioned but would he make a good Prime Minister? I think he would.

No - Jeremy Corbyn was born to a maths teacher and an electrical engineer. He went to grammar school, not Eton.

"Jeremy has only ever free loaded."
Do you not think being a constituency MP is a job?

Hasn't Corbyn had everything handed to him on a plate? The difference is that JRM has actually worked and created wealth. Jeremy has only ever free loaded.

Feeling a bit muddled?

Jeremy Corbyn was not born to a Lord, a life-peer.

Jacob Rees-Mogg was the son of the Lord Rees-Mogg. Unimaginable (to me) privilege.

Being born to privilege is not bad in itself - we can't help what we are born into - any more than being born into a very poor, disadvantaged family is bad - but not recognising that privilege is bad. JRM does recognise that privilege.

jRM does not* recognise that privilege.

Gah.

Just watch QT. Totally agree with you!

I think MPs should bring prior life experience into Parliament.

So I don't think being a constituency MP is a "job" in the relevant sense.

If all MPs had previous careers outside politics they would be more in touch with the public, less likely to be toe the line, better able to discuss policy both within and without Parliament, less reliant on focus groups and equally clueless "advisors" and would also pass better quality legislation.

We need fewer Corbyns and more Cables.

Fresh8008, only in through-the-looking-glass world...

Alan Johnson was a postman. But it seems that parliament is more and more closed off to people who have had 'normal' jobs.

The idea that he is either posh or principled is hilarious. The man is a parvenu and a fraud.

Il n'a rien appris, ni rien oublie.

For the benefit of leavers: he has learned nothing and forgotten nothing.

I adore the word 'parvenu' and love even more how it must pierce Mogg's snobbish heart. 💔

Bertie Wooster would have thought him a frightful little tick.

I can't get over the fact someone's shagged him six times :/

I don't understand where he has got a reputation for speaking his mind, which is something people say about him a lot - 'he's an original thinker, he doesn't just tow the party line'.

This couldn't be further from the truth. He's obsequious and has never criticised a Tory leader. He said he wouldn't make any comment about Trump because it wasn't sensible to possibly annoy him as he may win the election. He is a known supporter of Trump but it obviously wasn't politically expedient to say so, so he avoided the question. He is self serving in the extreme. I don't know how anyone can like him.

Just to add that shafting the poor, disadvantaged and foreigners are not Catholic values....JRM clearly wasn't paying much attention in catechism classes....

I was about to say 'are you fucking mental?' but happily lots of people have beaten me too it.

Boris mark II is exactly right, being an eccentric buffoon does not mean his horrific voting record should be overlooked!

Its a sad reflection of the current state of politicians that JRM is being suggested as PM

If you accept this country has not quite done enough to destroy itself recently - then yes this voice of privilege and entitlement is perfect!

His MIL gets £7.6m of tax payers money to restore her ancestral home while JRM constantly votes against increasing benefits for the disabled and the poorest in society. The country and its ruling classes stink.

www.ft.com/content/d5efd3a0-b32f-11e6-a37c-f4a01f1b0fa1?mhq5j=e2

Sorry forgot the link. I know JRM took no part in MIL's application for funds but it is typical of how our society/ government operates

He obviously can be very charming and "turn the enemy" Mhairi Black - the young SNP MP is very fond of him. Bit like Diane Abbott and the "charming" godfather of her son.

“There is my boyfriend – Jacob Rees-Mogg. He’s my favourite. It’s the kind of place where, if you are reasonable with folk then they will soften a little.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/12/mhairi-black-may-quit-depressing-parliament-after-single-term-as-mp

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Cometh the hour,cometh the man...

Goodness I had no idea that an Eton and Oxford education followed by a career in capital management gave you wider life experience than let's say, 34 years of serving your constituents. I stand corrected.

I didn't watch qt so assumed the calls for him to be PM were entirely based on him having 6 children. Maybe we should get his wife to do it in that case, or the Nanny, both of whom have no doubt done more than him in that regard. He reminds me of the etiquette bloke who sometimes goes on Steve Wright who was brought up on a council estate but likes to pontificate about how the Upper Classes behave. Both of them are desperate to be seen as Old Money because they see it as something to admire. It's a kind of self loathing.