Just when it can’t get any worse, Jacob Rees-Mogg turns up on TV. Our favourite responses online
So the next leader of the Tory party Jacob Rees-Mogg has turned up on ITV’s Good Morning Britain in what will now be known as the “Piers Morgan easy target” slot.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said he's against gay marriage and abortion was "morally indefensible" as he has been tipped to become the new Tory leader pic.twitter.com/Vve8gFWFzp
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 6, 2017
And what a charmer he turned out to be, ladies and gentlemen. Thought you knew all about Jacob Rees-Mogg? You do now.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg, tipped as next leader of the Conservative party, tells @gmb he's against gay marriage and abortion in any circumstances
— Susanna Reid (@susannareid100) September 6, 2017
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I don't think the person that does the captions on Good Morning Britain is a fan. pic.twitter.com/l0FLLlxCQZ
— joe heenan (@joeheenan) September 6, 2017
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Tory is a massive inhuman bastard shocker. The whole 'It's fine because he's posh and funny' rhetoric can get in the fucking bin now. https://t.co/naFS9wLurq
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) September 6, 2017
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Jacob Rees-Mogg is entitled to his views however archaic they may be. But hopefully any plans for him to be the next PM will be aborted.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) September 6, 2017
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https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/status/905332129495748608
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Jacob Rees-Mogg is a vile human who shouldn't be allowed to run an ice-cream van let alone a government, so I assume he's a shoe-in
#2017— Dean Burnett (@[email protected]) (@garwboy) September 6, 2017
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https://twitter.com/NaomiMc/status/905349679696707585
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Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg has told GMB he opposes abortion and believes it should not be an option, even after a woman has been raped
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 6, 2017
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Is Jacob Rees-Mogg…
i. From the 9th century
ii. In ISIS
iii. A sociopath
iv. All of the above plus intolerable twat. https://t.co/4XU2HkEg3M— Richard Littler (@richard_littler) September 6, 2017
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Can't believe The Simpsons predicted Jacob Rees-Mogg pic.twitter.com/T0JO1e8tli
— Tom Victor (@tomvictor) September 6, 2017
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But what did people *think* Jacob Rees-Mogg's politics were?
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) September 6, 2017
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Nobody should be surprised. @Jacob_Rees_Mogg has voted against pretty much every socially progressive policy https://t.co/xoTrkwQImY pic.twitter.com/XYnUGmOUTR
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) September 6, 2017
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Jacob Rees-Mogg (father of six) recently boasted that he had never changed a nappy. "The nanny does it brilliantly," he said, like a wanker.
— Nick Harvey (@mrnickharvey) September 6, 2017
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https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/905347735020298241
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Rees-Mogg's religious views are extreme by any measure. If he was called…Sadiq Khan… people would be demanding his immediate resignation
— Otto English (@Otto_English) September 6, 2017
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