The co-leader of the Green Party and a second Bristol councillor have reacted to Jacob Rees-Mogg's comments saying there ‘is not going to be public transport’ into Bristol from rural areas.
The North East Somerset MP urged people to stop making motorists' lives more difficult when questioned over whether increased civil servant jobs in the city would be supported by more public transport. He gave an exclusive interview to Bristol Live last week announcing 800 new jobs as part of the Government's ‘Places for Growth’ programme.
Speaking to Bristol Live, Mr Rees-Mogg said: "My general view is that I wish people would stop pillorying the motorist. My constituents in North East Somerset are almost all motorists and at every turn people seem to be trying to make their life harder and I feel strongly against that.
