“You’re a wanker!” shouts someone at Jacob Rees-Mogg in news footage at the start of this much talked-about show, which just about captures the general public opinion of him.
It is a public image which Jacob has always embraced not rejected, as we are reminded of his famous appearance in the Commons reclining in idle contempt on the front benches on the eve of a vote on Boris Johnson’s future, amused at the stir he was causing. Labour MP Anna Turley later called him “The physical embodiment of arrogance, disrespect and contempt for our parliament.” But here he admits, “I quite enjoy winding people up.”
