Nanny Knows Best
During the Westminster election campaign last year, the Sunday Times reported: “He’s very posh and very rich. No wonder the Tories want to keep Jacob Rees-Mogg out of sight”. The Sunday Times went on to describe Mr Rees-Mogg as “David Cameron’s worst nightmare”, presumably because of him being even posher and even richer than Cameron himself.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7094258.ece
In a previous election campaign, Mr Rees-Mogg made the mistake of touring the constituency in a Bentley with his nanny, Veronica Crook. “I do wish you’d stop going on about the nanny” he said afterwards. “If I’d had a valet, you would think it perfectly normal.” However, even Mr Rees-Mogg himself realised it would be better for him to keep a low profile. He said “whatever I happened to be speaking about, the number of voters in my favour dropped as soon as I opened my mouth”. So, last year, by the clever tactic of hiding himself away and saying nothing, Mr Rees-Mogg managed to get elected to the safe Tory seat of North Somerset. Mr Rees-Mogg is in the news for three reasons.
One, he is annoyed at David Cameron over the dropping of his sister, Annunziata Rees-Mogg, from the list of approved Conservative candidates.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002606/Sacked-Tory-candidate-told-pregnancys-disability-party-official.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Two, he has denied allegations that he met his wife in the frozen fish department of Sainsburys, Cheam.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100092758/jacob-rees-mogg-denies-allegations-of-meeting-wife-in-frozen-fish-department-of-sainsburys-cheam/
Three, he is sponsoring an amendment to the Scotland Bill to include a Westminster-organised referendum on independence.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2011/0164/amend/cob1641606a.2397.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7094258.ece
In a previous election campaign, Mr Rees-Mogg made the mistake of touring the constituency in a Bentley with his nanny, Veronica Crook. “I do wish you’d stop going on about the nanny” he said afterwards. “If I’d had a valet, you would think it perfectly normal.” However, even Mr Rees-Mogg himself realised it would be better for him to keep a low profile. He said “whatever I happened to be speaking about, the number of voters in my favour dropped as soon as I opened my mouth”. So, last year, by the clever tactic of hiding himself away and saying nothing, Mr Rees-Mogg managed to get elected to the safe Tory seat of North Somerset. Mr Rees-Mogg is in the news for three reasons.
One, he is annoyed at David Cameron over the dropping of his sister, Annunziata Rees-Mogg, from the list of approved Conservative candidates.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002606/Sacked-Tory-candidate-told-pregnancys-disability-party-official.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Two, he has denied allegations that he met his wife in the frozen fish department of Sainsburys, Cheam.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100092758/jacob-rees-mogg-denies-allegations-of-meeting-wife-in-frozen-fish-department-of-sainsburys-cheam/
Three, he is sponsoring an amendment to the Scotland Bill to include a Westminster-organised referendum on independence.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2011/0164/amend/cob1641606a.2397.html