Stephen Merchant has jokingly thrown his "hat into the ring" to play Jacob Rees-Mogg in a future television show.
The Conservative MP, who is a longstanding ally of Boris Johnson, was among a cluster of backers pictured on Thursday (July 7) supporting the Prime Minister as he made his resignation speech outside Number 10. Mr Rees-Mogg, who represents North East Somerset, told a reporter from Sky News the Prime Minster had his full support after he was door-stepped earlier on Thursday.
Bristol-born actor and writer Merchant shared a photograph of himself on the set for Jojo Rabbit - where he played Gestapo agent Herman Deertz - side-by-side with the MP. He coupled it with the caption: "Throwing my hat in the ring for the six-part TV farce."
