Any Jacob Rees-Mogg fans here?

Comhrá

I have to admit to a grudging admiration for Jacob Rees-Mogg. No-one does upper class British poshness quite like him. Whatever about his political ideology, he is very entertaining and sometimes I wonder if he's laying it all on a bit?

McDermotX

Looks a right twat to be fair to him.

Richard Hillman

He represents a large section of society and does it very well. All sections of society need to be represented in political life

Mental Mickey

Anyone who names a child Sixtus deserves a good slap.

vg88

He has an agenda. All he is doing is to advance his finances IMO to manipulate stocks.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/how-brexit-day-concession-helped-hedge-funds/

Laois_Man

I'll just leave this here:

manster

Fun fact that I didn't know. He is a practising Catholic.

Comhrá

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Anyone who names a child Sixtus deserves a good slap.

He has six children: (Wikipedia)

Peter Theodore Alphege Rees-Mogg (b. 2007)
Mary Anne Charlotte Emma Rees-Mogg (b. 2008)
Thomas Wentworth Somerset Dunstan Rees-Mogg (b. 2010)
Anselm Charles Fitzwilliam Rees-Mogg (b. 2012)[167][168]
Alfred Wulfric Leyson Pius Rees-Mogg (b. 22 February 2016)[169]
Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher Rees-Mogg (b. July 2017)

fonecrusher1

Yes always important to get the views of a clueless toff who'll not really be affected by the Brexit aftermath.

Yer Da sells Avon

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

No, I'd be happy to see him die from cancer.

I'm no fan, but that might be a step too far. An outbreak of hives, maybe. A persistent itchy inner ear. A problematic ingrowing nasal hair. Not cancer though.

JohnnyFlash

manster wrote: »

Fun fact that I didn't know. He is a practising Catholic.

Opus Dei man as well. He’s such a toff that he can trace his family tree back to way before the reformation, Henry the 8th, Cromwell, and all that business.

He’s also a self-serving prick.

valoren

manster wrote: »

Fun fact that I didn't know. He is a practising Catholic.

Pratolicism.

Yer Da sells Avon

manster wrote: »

Fun fact that I didn't know. He is a practising Catholic.

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Opus Dei man as well.

Doesn't need much practice then.

cnut of the highest and may he die unloved mocked and in agonies

Zaph

Comhra wrote: »

He has six children: (Wikipedia)

Peter Theodore Alphege Rees-Mogg (b. 2007)
Mary Anne Charlotte Emma Rees-Mogg (b. 2008)
Thomas Wentworth Somerset Dunstan Rees-Mogg (b. 2010)
Anselm Charles Fitzwilliam Rees-Mogg (b. 2012)[167][168]
Alfred Wulfric Leyson Pius Rees-Mogg (b. 22 February 2016)[169]
Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher Rees-Mogg (b. July 2017)

Compared to their younger siblings, the first three really got lucky.

He's actually two years younger than me but has the look of someone who could be my father. Or grandfather. He really does need to lighten the fcuk up.

Try_harder

He is a posh twat taking the idiot brexiteers for a ride

prinzeugen

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

No, I'd be happy to see him die from cancer.

There a few politicians I would like that to happen to. Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn for starts.

TheAnalyst_

His kids seem complete twats as well.

McMurphy

Walter from the Beano.

Dyr

manster wrote: »

Fun fact that I didn't know. He is a practising Catholic.

As a british journo said hes catholic because protestantism is still a bit too nouveau for him

cmac2009

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

His kids seem complete twats as well.

Like they had a chance!

AllForIt

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

No, I'd be happy to see him die from cancer.

That is prolly the most reprehensible comment I have ever read on boards or anywhere.

TheAnalyst_

AllForIt wrote: »

That is prolly the most reprehensible comment I have ever read on boards or anywhere.

Cheers, not the reaction I wanted to a genuine and honest desire of mine.

pjohnson

Thought AH would love him.

elperello

AllForIt wrote: »

That is prolly the most reprehensible comment I have ever read on boards or anywhere.

Agreed.
Someone would need to have committed some serious personal harm to you to even think that never mind type it.

facehugger99

Name me someone with a double-barreled surname that isn’t a twat?

ChikiChiki

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

No, I'd be happy to see him die from cancer.

Go seek help.

elperello

Griff Rhys Jones

For Forks Sake

facehugger99 wrote: »

Name me someone with a double-barreled surname that isn’t a twat?

Sascha Baron-Cohen?

RDM_83 again

Like him or not he's a smart dude, I think despite his retro image he's pretty clued into a certain part of the modern Zeitgeist, the fact that there is a thread here shows how successfully he has used his image e.g responding to protesters so on and social media management e.g the video of him being shown memes about himself, considering at the end of the day he's actually only been a rebellious backbencher for the last 8 years, he has also grown his already substantial lump of cash a lot

Not a fan of his politics though

RhubarbCrumble

Zaph wrote: »

He's actually two years younger than me but has the look of someone who could be my father. Or grandfather.

Hard to believe he's a year younger than Kylie Minogue.

Franz Von Peppercorn

prinzeugen wrote: »

There a few politicians I would like that to happen to. Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn for starts.

Christ. What a sick thought.

Comhrá

facehugger99 wrote: »

Name me someone with a double-barreled surname that isn’t a twat?

Michael Healy-Rae.

elperello

To get back to Rees-Mogg, himself and Boris put me in mind of Lord Snooty and Billy Bunter.

It is unfortunate for them that many people think likewise and dismiss them on that basis.

Signore Fancy Pants

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Cheers, not the reaction I wanted to a genuine and honest desire of mine.

Jaysis.

You're an awful human being.

TheAnalyst_

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-43922740/the-voice-of-the-12-year-old-jacob-rees-mogg

Christ I hate him so much.

Zaph

Comhra wrote: »

Michael Healy-Rae.

I think you'd find many who would disagree with that opinion, myself included. And I'd add his brother in too.

AllForIt

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Cheers, not the reaction I wanted to a genuine and honest desire of mine.

You do have weird fantasies. And it's such an insult to anyone who has died or is suffering from cancer.

fiveleavesleft

prinzeugen wrote: »

There a few politicians I would like that to happen to. Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn for starts.

Wow bit harsh prinzeugen, those two have done nothing of note either good or bad yet to raise your ire. Why not Cameron, Blair or some of our lot

On Mogg as preposterous as he is, its good to see a 20th century Tory the rest are stuck in the 19th!

Will I Am Not

He’s another in an ever growing list of almost fictional characters that have somehow come to prominence in varying levels of importance through identity politics. Like Trump, Farage, Trudeau, Zappone...
The world has gotten very weird.

Franz Von Peppercorn

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Like him or not he's a smart dude, I think despite his retro image he's pretty clued into a certain part of the modern Zeitgeist, the fact that there is a thread here shows how successfully he has used his image e.g responding to protesters so on and social media management e.g the video of him being shown memes about himself, considering at the end of the day he's actually only been a rebellious backbencher for the last 8 years, he has also grown his already substantial lump of cash a lot

Not a fan of his politics though

I tend to like the sardonic wit of the British upper classes and I have known some in my life, as I managed to get into a grad program at one of the elite English colleges. And if you aren’t a threat they like or at least tolerate you. Not that I ever got invited clay shooting.

But they are definitely not as smart as they think, , or people think. There’s something about both the elite British accent and their use of language that tends to make people infer an intelligence that isn’t there.

The 40 letter writers, the Brexit buccaneers are all clowns.

Jimbob1977

His nickname is 'The Right Honourable Member for the 17th Century' due to his traditional views.

He is a brilliant orator. I've seen him take Dimbleby apart on Question Time with a few well-delivered jibes.

He would take Britain back to the days of Empire, but they're long gone.

TheAnalyst_

AllForIt wrote: »

You do have weird fantasies. And it's such an insult to anyone who has died or is suffering from cancer.

Not really. What, 30% of us will die from cancer so I'd like him to be one and sooner rather than later. This might negate some of the huge damage that he's trying to do.

Franz Von Peppercorn

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Not really. What, 30% of us will die from cancer so I'd like him to be one and sooner rather than later. This might negate some of the huge damage that he's trying to do.

100% of people will die. Wishing death or a horrible illness on anybody is sick.

MissShihTzu

Am I a fan of JRM? No. Most definitely not.

Fann Linn

I like him for the part he is playing in tearing the Conservative Party in two.

Gimme A Pound

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

No, I'd be happy to see him die from cancer.

Deleted User wrote: »

cnut of the highest and may he die unloved mocked and in agonies

prinzeugen wrote: »

There a few politicians I would like that to happen to. Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn for starts.

What the heck have any of them done to deserve that?!

I mean Rees Mogg's views are too conservative for me (although he's entitled to hold them) and I'm opposed to Brexit, but I think a lot of the anti Rees Mogg press is kinda bandwagon-ish. There is a huge love and need for pantomime villains. He is not that bad.

The Rape of Lucretia

Saw this thread, and my first thought was, salve festa dies toto venerabilis aevo.

Gimme A Pound

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Saw this thread, and my first thought was, salve festa dies toto venerabilis aevo.

Oh god yeah me too.

boggerman1

An uncanny resemblance to a young devalara is moggy in my opinion.

Zaph

Fann Linn wrote: »

I like him for the part he is playing in tearing the Conservative Party in two.

I would generally agree, but the problem they have in Britain is that there isn't anything any better to replace them with. Labour is equally fragmented and has issues of its own. As it stands I don't think either of them are fit to be in government.