Sir Keir Starmer has joked that Jacob Rees-Mogg is "like an overgrown prefect". The Labour leader used a question at today's edition of Prime Minister's Questions to argue for a windfall tax on oil and gas giants in order to reduce household energy bills, and sought to belittle Rees-Mogg as one of the few voices arguing against the idea.
Starmer said: "Let's have a look at who's for [a windfall tax] and who's against it. One side, the chair of Tesco, the chair of John Lewis, the chair of the Treasury select committee, the chair of the education select committee, Lord Hague, Lord Brown, [and] the old CEO of BP all support a windfall tax. Even the current boss of BP says it wouldn't discourage investment.
"And on the other side? The member for North East Somerset [Rees-Mogg]. When he's not sticking notes on people's desks like some overgrown prefect, he's dead-set against it."
