Jacob Rees-Mogg eats ice cream while wearing suit in Weymouth

Jacob Rees-Mogg turned heads as he tucked into an ice cream while walking along a harbourside in Weymouth today.  The Conservative MP for East Somerset was dressed in a sharp double-breasted suit as he visited the town and was joined by the similarly-dapper MP for South Dorset, Richard Drax. They visited several businesses, including a … Read more

Jacob Rees-Mogg eats ice cream while wearing suit in Weymouth

Jacob Rees-Mogg turned heads as he tucked into an ice cream while walking along a harbourside in Weymouth today.  The Conservative MP for East Somerset was dressed in a sharp double-breasted suit as he visited the town and was joined by the similarly-dapper MP for South Dorset, Richard Drax. They visited several businesses, including a … Read more

Georgian country mansion that was childhood home of Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg goes on market

A Georgian country mansion that was the childhood home of MP Jacob Rees-Mogg before being turned into a hotel has gone on the market for £9.5million. Ston Easton Park is a stunning Grade I listed property with Grade II listed gardens designed by 18th century landscape gardener Humphry Repton. Rees-Mogg’s father and former-editor of The Times … Read more

Georgian country mansion that was childhood home of Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg goes on market

A Georgian country mansion that was the childhood home of MP Jacob Rees-Mogg before being turned into a hotel has gone on the market for £9.5million. Ston Easton Park is a stunning Grade I listed property with Grade II listed gardens designed by 18th century landscape gardener Humphry Repton. Rees-Mogg’s father and former-editor of The Times … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: MPs ‘herded like cows’ as Parliament returns

More than half a mile the line snaked back through the Parliamentary Estate. From the Commons chamber it began, out through the cavernous environs of Westminster Hall before spilling out into New Palace Yard. For three months, the whole of this area had been totally deserted bar the odd armed policeman. Now, at 4pm on … Read more

MPs queue in pens as Jacob Rees-Mogg forces return to Commons

The government dramatically saw off a revolt over ditching the virtual Commons tonight after hundreds of MPs conducted a chaotic mile-long ‘conga’ through Parliament to vote. Amid extraordinary scenes, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle urged politicians to ‘keep coming’ and berated them for dawdling as they trotted around the estate and filed through a series of pens … Read more

Furious MPs blast Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ‘conga’ plan to scrap the virtual coronavirus parliament

The Government is facing a major revolt over plans to scrap the virtual coronavirus Parliament after it emerged MPs will have to form a Commons ‘conga’ line up to a mile long in order to vote. Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg tabled a motion on Monday preventing the resumption of virtual voting, which allowed MPs to … Read more

Commons set to go into recess for nearly a fortnight from tomorrow

Coronavirus crisis? It must be time for parliament to take a break! Fury as House of Commons goes on two-week recess from tomorrow despite worldwide pandemic as MPs condemn plans to ditch ‘virtual’ sittings and make them attend The House of Commons is set to go into recess for nearly a fortnight tomorrow The break … Read more

Jacob Rees-Mogg tells MPs to ‘set an example’ to public and return to Westminster within weeks

Get back to work! Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg tells MPs to ‘set an example’ to the public by returning to Westminster within weeks Temporary arrangements have seen MPs join in debates via webcam Mr Rees-Mogg doesn’t want the measures extended beyond the Whitsun recess  He said the system ‘restricts our ability to conduct effective scrutiny’ … Read more