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'''Jacob Rees-Mogg''' (born 24 May 1969) is a British politician who has been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for North East Somerset since 2010.
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'''Jacob Rees-Mogg''' is a British politician who has been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for North East Somerset since 2010. He was appointed [[Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy]] by [[Liz Truss]] in September 2022.
  
On 24 July 2019, [[Boris Johnson]] appointed Jacob Rees-Mogg [[Leader of the House of Commons]] and [[Lord President of the Council]].
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Jacob Rees-Mogg's earlier ministerial experience includes [[Leader of the House of Commons]], [[Lord President of the Council]] and Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency .
  
 
A member of the hard right wing of the [[Conservative Party]], he has been ideologically characterised as a High Tory and social conservative with reactionary, traditionalist, and right-wing populist views.<ref>''[[Document:Enough is Enough: What would Mandela have said]]?''</ref>
 
A member of the hard right wing of the [[Conservative Party]], he has been ideologically characterised as a High Tory and social conservative with reactionary, traditionalist, and right-wing populist views.<ref>''[[Document:Enough is Enough: What would Mandela have said]]?''</ref>
  
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==Cronyism==
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In October 2022, Business Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg was caught up in a cronyism row after his business partner and [[Somerset Capital Management]] co-founder [[Dominic Johnson]] was appointed a Minister in the [[Liz Truss]]' government.<ref>''[https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/jacob-rees-mogg-somerset-capital-b2191749.html "Jacob Rees-Mogg in cronyism row after business partner made peer and minister"]''</ref>
  
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==Face masks==
 
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Person.png Jacob Rees-Mogg   Powerbase Sourcewatch WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
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BornJacob William Rees-Mogg
24 May 1969
Hammersmith, London, England
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
Children6
SpouseHelena de Chair
Founder ofSomerset Capital Management
Member ofKnights of Malta
PartyConservative

Employment.png Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business, _Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy

In office
6 September 2022 - Present
Appointed byLiz Truss
Preceded byKwasi Kwarteng

Employment.png Leader of the House of Commons Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
24 July 2019 - 8 February 2022
Appointed byBoris Johnson

Employment.png European Research Group/Chair

In office
16 January 2018 - Present

Jacob Rees-Mogg is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Somerset since 2010. He was appointed Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy by Liz Truss in September 2022.

Jacob Rees-Mogg's earlier ministerial experience includes Leader of the House of Commons, Lord President of the Council and Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency .

A member of the hard right wing of the Conservative Party, he has been ideologically characterised as a High Tory and social conservative with reactionary, traditionalist, and right-wing populist views.[1]

Cronyism

In October 2022, Business Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg was caught up in a cronyism row after his business partner and Somerset Capital Management co-founder Dominic Johnson was appointed a Minister in the Liz Truss' government.[2]

Face masks

Masks are worn more by socialists when there are television cameras around than when they are not going to be seen.”
Jacob Rees-Mogg (21 October 2021)  [3]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
National Conservative Conference15 May 202317 May 2023London
United Kingdom
A 2023 conference on Conservativism
UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021UK/House of CommonsThese members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021

 

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TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Boris Johnson is Unfit for National Officeblog post13 December 2021Clifford ThurlowJohnson has been astute with the people he has gathered about him in the Cabinet. They are greedy and self-serving. They will never Level Up. They will continue to leech money from the NHS, underfund schools and keep hungry people queuing up outside food banks.
Document:How to profit from an engineered economic decline and crisisArticle28 September 2022Robert BrysonHow do you profit from an engineered economic decline and crisis? Simple really – acquire and give inside information to the hedge funders, who fund your leadership campaign!
Document:The Real Reason Theresa May’s Brexit Has FailedArticle2 March 2019T. J. ColesSo, the choice faced by ordinary British people is between a neoliberal EU supported by millionaires like Kenneth Clarke or an ultra-neoliberal Brexit supported by multimillionaires like Jacob Rees-Mogg. Meanwhile, ordinary working-class people pay the price for these elite games, as usual.
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