Any Jacob Rees-Mogg fans here?

Jimbob1977

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

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.

Speaking of being taken apart, Anna Soubrey basically filleted him in the HoC a few months back in a Brexit debate. This clown has few if any redeeming features. His politics make as much sense as Walter Mitty.

Thomyokk

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

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

You probably need to dumb-down your username

TheRabble or Something like that

darlett

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

His kids seem complete twats as well.

6 kids aged from eleven to one, seem like complete twats? And you the one wishing cancer and death on their father.

His politics seem **** but play the ball not the man and his family.

endacl

boggerman1 wrote: »

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

Walter the Softy.



British politics needs Dennis the Menace.

Fann Linn

Zaph wrote: »

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.

I'll take the current status quo for the next few months or so. This fall in sterling is doing me no harm at all.

fiveleavesleft

endacl wrote: »

Walter the Softy.



British politics needs Dennis the Menace.

The Beast of Bolsover.

Billy86

Richard Hillman wrote: »

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

Are you saying that without the Moggshite, the ultra wealthy "Old Etonian" crowd in the UK would be underrepresented in politics?

Yer Da sells Avon

darlett wrote: »

6 kids aged from eleven to one, seem like complete twats?

Considering their upbringing, they'll do well to avoid evolving into twats, albeit through no real fault of their own. Just as it wasn't Jacob Rees-Mogg's fault that he became a twat, given the fact that his father - William Rees-Mogg - was a known twat.

They twat you up, your mum and dad.

The Rape of Lucretia

He is one smart guy, though. You dont become head of a research group if you dont know what you are talking about.

Billy86

Will I Am Not wrote: »

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.

Welcome to politics as sports - where policy means sweet feck all, so it becomes a game of "who's the biggest 'character' at the club in the party I support?" - With sweet feck all interest given into "why do I even support that club party in the first place?"

zapitastas

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He is one smart guy, though. You dont become head of a research group if you dont know what you are talking about.

Indeed and a European research group at that. I assume they have published many comprehensive studies into the effects of something as momentous as brexit. Would you have a link to any in-depth analysis from this research group?

Franz Von Peppercorn

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He is one smart guy, though. You dont become head of a research group if you dont know what you are talking about.

Well, you can if you start one.

Sciprio

"You're a politician 'arry"

The Rape of Lucretia

Well people give out about people not informing themselves about and understanding Europe before voting in the referendum - here is a man who really did his research and so is better placed than most to give an authoritative opinion on which option is better for Britain. And then people criticism him for it. How many European research groups were they part of ? None, Ill bet. All they can counter with, is childing puns about his resemblance to a cartoon character. If that isnt brainless twittery, then I dont know what is.

TomSweeney

He seems a bit of a twat to be honest , and as said he will be grand whatever happens, so he doesn't really give a **** if brexit fux everything up.
Having said that some of the comments here are a bit strong, such hate for the guy!!! wanting him to die from cancer !! - Really !!! ??
Calm down lads!

Franz Von Peppercorn

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Well people give out about people not informing themselves about and understanding Europe before voting in the referendum - here is a man who really did his research and so is better placed than most to give an authoritative opinion on which option is better for Britain. And then people criticism him for it. How many European research groups were they part of ?

I belong to one called the FVP European Research Group. Just set it up.

Capt'n Midnight

The Beano have issued a Cease and Desist for copyright reasons to the right honourable member for the 18th century.




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fiveleavesleft

Billy86 wrote: »

Welcome to politics as sports - where policy means sweet feck all, so it becomes a game of "who's the biggest 'character' at the club in the party I support?" - With sweet feck all interest given into "why do I even support that club party in the first place?"

We were the greatest revolutionaries of the 20th century. We are the future. Other countries are dealing with that sort of politics now & its messy. We've perfected it for the last 100 years.:(

Geuze

Interesting character.

Good speaker.

I admire that he sticks to his faith, while society becomes more secular.

I don't agree with his stance on Brexit.

He would be for a two-tier society, with weakened public services, and more privatisation, which I don't fully agree with.

He is a welcome antidote to the dumbing-down of society.

dxhound2005

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Considering their upbringing, they'll do well to avoid evolving into twats, albeit through no real fault of their own. Just as it wasn't Jacob Rees-Mogg's fault that he became a twat, given the fact that his father - William Rees-Mogg - was a known twat.

They twat you up, your mum and dad.

What did he do wrong?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rees-Mogg

Dyr

Comhra wrote: »

Michael Healy-Rae.

Jacob Healy-Mogg

elperello

dxhound2005 wrote: »

What did he do wrong?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rees-Mogg

Well you might ask.
In the times we live in the threshold for being dismissed as a "twat" is very low.

ArtSmart

manster wrote: »

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

Well, if he's only still practicing....
















I have no coat.

ArtSmart

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Considering their upbringing, they'll do well to avoid evolving into twats, albeit through no real fault of their own. Just as it wasn't Jacob Rees-Mogg's fault that he became a twat, given the fact that his father - William Rees-Mogg - was a known twat.

They twat you up, your mum and dad.

They don't mean to
But they do

ArtSmart

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He is one smart guy, though. You dont become head of a research group if you dont know what you are talking about.

You can become Head of a research group if you have enough contacts & money.



Even just money.


If fact, you can even become pres of the USA.



money, honey.

padd b1975

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

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

Six more children than her too!

whisky_galore

He's like something out of a PG Wodehouse book for godsakes.

King of Kings

im a big fan.
he is a great speaker, polite and a man of principle.

his detractors have nothing on him so attack him due to his upbringing and mannerisms which is pretty crass.

as evidencrd by this thread there are quite a few dicks out there....one of corbyns pals abused moggs kids and nanny in the street....ffs

Its sad that somebody who holds different views to you should be attacked and mocked rather than debated and challenged..
kinda pathetic really

Fr Tod Umptious

Geuze wrote: »

Interesting character.

Good speaker.

I admire that he sticks to his faith, while society becomes more secular.

I don't agree with his stance on Brexit.

He would be for a two-tier society, with weakened public services, and more privatisation, which I don't fully agree with.

He is a welcome antidote to the dumbing-down of society.

Well this is a good point.

In a society where we are expected to conform to a 'progressive' agenda, Rees-Mogg remains principled.

That is a good trait to have.

super_furry

He's a haunted pencil who could be a tenement landlord straight out of a Dickens novel.

batgoat

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Well people give out about people not informing themselves about and understanding Europe before voting in the referendum - here is a man who really did his research and so is better placed than most to give an authoritative opinion on which option is better for Britain. And then people criticism him for it. How many European research groups were they part of ? None, Ill bet. All they can counter with, is childing puns about his resemblance to a cartoon character. If that isnt brainless twittery, then I dont know what is.

I've not seen him say anything authoritative... Is this back to your idea of Ireland rejoining the UK?

Try_harder

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Well this is a good point.

In a society where we are expected to conform to a 'progressive' agenda, Rees-Mogg remains principled.

That is a good trait to have.

Yes principles that fell out of favour in the 20th Century is something to aspire to

Like moving his investment vehicle to Ireland to benefit from that pesky EU Market!

Principled? Sure, Jan

suicide_circus

he can afford to support his large family, which is nice.

kneemos

Not as odious as Boris in fairness. Their country and party come a very distant second place to the pursuit of power for these characters.

Oink

Comhra wrote: »

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)

Sweet fakkin Jesus I have no idea who this pretentious [bleep] is but I want to punch him real hard right in the face right now.

The message behind names like that is “do not look us in the eye you peasant, can you not tell that we are a higher race.” That’s exactly what it is.

super_furry

Oink wrote: »

The message behind names like that is “do not look us in the eye you peasant, can you not tell that we are a higher race.” That’s exactly what it is.

Let's be honest, Rees-Moog is exactly the kind of Brit who was going around 'his land' back here in the 1800s, atop a horse, setting his hunting dogs on any Irishman who dared to glance in his direction.

lawred2

Comhra wrote: »

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?

he's a disaster capitalist who seeks to profit from mass misery

it's the family business

so all in all - I'd say he's not the greatest example of humanity.

kneemos

Alfred is the worst of the bunch Imo. Sixtus is an oddity at least.

But Alfred in 2018?

SteM

The proles laughed at him when he was on ali g and he's getting getting his revenge with brexit. That'll show the great unwashed, who is having the last laugh.

selwyn froggitt

For those of you on here old enough to remember, he reminds me of a 70's Monty Python sketch.....Upper Class Twit of the Year.

Arghus

Geuze wrote: »

He is a welcome antidote to the dumbing-down of society.

Even if the political event which he's allied himself too is one of the most fundamentally stupid of modern times?

You can't be really considered an antidote to society's dumbing down if utter you nothing but stupid opportunistic soundbites about a complex issue.

The man is a self-serving fool.

Fr Tod Umptious

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Well this is a good point.

In a society where we are expected to conform to a 'progressive' agenda, Rees-Mogg remains principled.

That is a good trait to have.

Principled my arse. His principle is making money. If he could make more by being "progressive" then progressive he'd be.

Any Irish person who claims to like him is a troll, idiot, ignoramous or has no knowledge or appreciation of any kind of history.

lawred2

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Well this is a good point.

In a society where we are expected to conform to a 'progressive' agenda, Rees-Mogg remains principled.

That is a good trait to have.

If profiting from misery is principled then I'd question your moral compass

TomSweeney

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The Beano have issued a Cease and Desist for copyright reasons to the right honourable member for the 18th century.




https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZ3iuKvW0AAyLp8.jpg:large

Is the Beano still going ?
I used to love that comic when I was a kid ..

FTA69

I think a lot of people underestimate how popular this lad’s routine could be in an election. I don’t think he’ll ever lead the Tories, but I think he would have appeal across the swathes of society. There’s always been a craven section of the working class in this country who go mad for the ‘quaint English gentleman’ routine, the type of people who buy Royal Family commemoration plates.

I can see how he has a certain charisma but the man’s politics are abhorrent. As someone earlier said he’s a disaster capitalist. It’s all well and good laughing at his top hat until he scraps the minimum wage, plunged millions into poverty and sells of the NHS in favour of private health insurance nobody can afford. The type of policies he’s pushing forward are actively killing people in the UK today and ruining the lives of many more.

kneemos

kneemos wrote: »

Not as odious as Boris in fairness. Their country and party come a very distant second place to the pursuit of power for these characters.

There's two of them in it. Both snakeoil salesmen pulling the wool further over the eyes of millions of stunningly ignorant people who have been fed EU-scapegoating lies for decades by their oligarch-controlled Tory media and the Tory political class which gave them so much power (by, for instance, removing media ownership restrictions in the early 1980s).

Never a mention of the same Tory political class pushing globalisation, immigration/cheap labour costs, intensification of the centralisation of the English economy on London and further decline of the regions, low taxes for the rich meaning heavier taxes for the PAYE-paying classes and so, so much else.

Or that in 2004 the British government actually got an opt out from EU restrictions on immigration from the new EU countries like Poland to allow the Poles etc to immigrate to Britain straight away. Crazily, they have succeeded in blaming the EU for that entirely British decision to import cheap Polish labour asap and keep costs low (i.e. undermine demands for wage increases by the same English working class who are now swallowing this populist rubbish from English arch globalists who have started to drape themselves in the Union Jack). The ignorance is abject, as is the gullibility.

These two ugh characters are part of the greatest scapegoating in Europe since Germany in the 1930s. It's quite disturbing to watch an entire nation in 2018 be hoodwinked by a big lie.

padd b1975

kneemos wrote: »

Alfred is the worst of the bunch Imo. Sixtus is an oddity at least.

But Alfred in 2018?

#ALFIESARMY.

Franz Von Peppercorn

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Or that in 2004 the British government actually got an opt out from EU restrictions on immigration from the new EU countries like Poland to allow the Poles etc to immigrate to Britain straight away. Crazily, they have succeeded in blaming the EU for that entirely British decision to import cheap Polish labour asap and keep costs low (i.e. undermine demands for wage increases by the same English working class who are now swallowing this populist rubbish from English arch globalists who have started to drape themselves in the Union Jack). The ignorance is abject, as is the gullibility.

That opt out clause wasn’t invoked by Ireland either. Do you think it was politically possible at the time?

But Rees Moog is indeed very right wing.

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24926/jacob_rees-mogg/north_east_somerset/votes

Franz Von Peppercorn

Berties_Horse wrote: »

Anselm & Sixtus are condemned by name, might as well sport a pink toilet seat around your neck through childhood.

I’m sure they’ll be ok in Eton.

topper75

I have no beef with these politicians as I don't see them as part of my world.

I do recall some staunch and unexpected hatred in certain pockets of Scotland though for Ms. Sturgeon - a hatred more fitting for Myra Hyndley or Rose West.