Jacob Rees-Mogg - Prime Minister?

[weresquirrel]

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.

"This is the danger of the 'personality politician' trend."

This comment, with bells on.

JRM believes in personal responsibility, personal liberty (of a sort), common decency and tradition- not bad things per se.

That fact he's had everything handed on a plate make it easy to imagine that he got where he is from his own efforts and others must be less worthy.

Totally agree with that! Being fantastically wealthy will make it much easier to believe that this society is pure meritocracy.

I disagree with the op that his quirkiness, eccentricity, old-fashioned posh-ness is holding him back in terms of popularity - I think it makes him more popular. Without that veneer of "quirkiness" he would get away with much less.
I have no problem with Catholics, Muslims, Evangelicals etc becoming PM. As long as they are not so fundamental in their beliefs that they would restrict the freedoms we enjoy. JRM is very, very, very socially regressive.

His MIL gets £7.6m of tax payers money to restore her ancestral home while

I'm assuming you're talking about Wentworth Woodhouse there? (Can't read the link, its behind a paywall). I think that's a bit misleading tbh, as the house no longer belongs to the family so they won't directly benefit from the restoration. In fact, it hasn't been in the family since the 1950's. It's been bought by a trust supported the NT (or so I believe) and there's a lot of support in the local area for this house to be restored and opened to the public.

He must be gutted about that. His dad had a life peerage so he isn't a Lord, then his wife's family have to sell the ancestral home, so he hasn't even got a country pile to inherit by default. Poor him.