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Tom Pegden

Jacob Rees-Mogg says ‘bottoms-up’ to Ruddy Fine Gin and helps stock it in House of Commons bar

Jacob Rees-Mogg has said bottoms-up to an East Midlands distillery and helped stock its gin in the House of Commons.

Measures of Ruddy Fine Gin, made in Ruddington on the Leicestershire/Notts, are being served in the Strangers Bar, thanks in part to the prominent front bencher and Brexit Minister.

After visiting Westminster, distillery founder Rory Thorpe told BusinessLive: “For all the criticism he gets he was actually the most charming man.

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