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| − | '''Jacob Rees-Mogg''' | + | '''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.<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> | ||
| + | ==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.<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> | ||
| + | ==Face masks== | ||
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| Born | Jacob William Rees-Mogg 24 May 1969 Hammersmith, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Helena de Chair | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founder of | Somerset Capital Management | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Knights of Malta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| National Conservative Conference | 15 May 2023 | 17 May 2023 | London United Kingdom | A 2023 conference on Conservativism |
| UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021 | UK/House of Commons | These members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Boris Johnson is Unfit for National Office | blog post | 13 December 2021 | Clifford Thurlow | Johnson 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 crisis | Article | 28 September 2022 | Robert Bryson | How 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 Failed | Article | 2 March 2019 | T. J. Coles | So, 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. |
References
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