Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of ‘verging on defending Hitler’ Former Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiser The Guardian - UK · Oct 4
Former UK Business Secretary Attacks Andy Burnham as Starmer 'Rehash' With 'Dud Ideas' Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Andy Burnham of recycling policies from Sir Keir Starmer's administration after leaked documents revealed overlap between the governments' plans. International Business Times UK · Sep 21
Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics The Guardian - UK · Jul 17
Economic expert debunks Jacob Rees-Mogg's 'criminally misleading' devolution chart AN economist has accused Jacob Rees-Mogg of using a “criminally misleading” chart to attack Labour’s devolution plans, arguing the Tory… The National (Scotland) · Jul 2
Inside the forgotten ‘capital of Brexit’ – where Boris Johnson’s unkept promises have left voters feeling betrayed EUROPE: THE WAY BACK: In one of the biggest shocks of election night 2019, Labour lost its Stoke-on-Trent seats as the red wall collapsed amid a Boris Johnson pledge to get Brexit done. Seven years on, Alex Ross discovers a city feeling even further left behind The Independent UK · Jun 15
‘Do deal with Reform to beat Burnham in by-election’, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Tories IN FULL The Independent UK · May 18
Tories should make pact with Reform in bid to defeat Burnham in by-election, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests Former Tory cabinet minister says the two parties should ‘work together in the national interest’ – but Kemi Badenoch has ruled out the move The Independent UK · May 18
Wednesday briefing: Why the debate over working from home says more about inequality than productivity In today’s newsletter: Hybrid working has quietly settled into Britain’s post-pandemic landscape but the real story lies in who gets flexibility and who never did The Guardian - UK · Feb 11
MP Dan Norris arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and upskirting Labour suspended Norris, 66, last year after his original arrest on suspicion of child sexual abuse offences The Guardian - UK · Feb 2
Tory defectors: who has already joined Reform UK and who may follow? Robert Jenrick is the latest former Conservative to join Nigel Farage’s ranks – but he may not be the last The Guardian - UK · Jan 15
Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025
Jacob Rees-Mogg: BBC should settle with Trump for being ‘horribly’ wrong Former Conservative cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said the BBC should "settle with Donald Trump" over the broadcaster's misrepresentation of his speech in the recent Panorama documentary, Trump: A Second Chance?. The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
Forever Sugar, X Æ A-Xii, or Slim Easy: Can a name really determine your child’s destiny? LET’S UNPACK THAT: As the pop star Anne-Marie reveals her newborn son’s very unusual moniker and wealthy parents fork out thousands for ‘baby-naming’ consultations, Charlotte Cripps asks whether children are truly at the mercy of their names, and speaks to experts – including Jacob Rees-Mogg, father of children including Sixtus… The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025
This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue In Silicon Valley’s unofficial literary canon, few works loom as large as The Sovereign Individual. A kind of survival manual for 21st-century tech billionaires, it has been enthusiastically championed by Palantir and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel (mentor to JD Vance), who wrote the foreword to the 2020 edition. The Conversation · Sep 28, 2025
The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025 Boris Johnson in furious spat with Andrew Neil after broadcaster questioned Tories’ record A witness said ‘the real anger was obvious’ as the former prime minister and his ex-boss disagreed over the Conservatives’ record in government
The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2025 Farage ends conference with unity plea after rowing back on small boats pledge The Birmingham conference was bigger than previous years.
Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2025 Farage rows back on pledge to stop small boats within fortnight of election win The Reform leader says legislation would need to be passed ‘as quickly as humanely possible’ and arrivals would stop two weeks afterwards.
The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2025 Farage backtracks on pledge to stop small boats within fortnight of election win The Reform leader also said he would introduce similar laws to those passed by Australian prime minister Tony Abbott over a decade ago to stop arrivals from Indonesia
International Business Times · Sep 5, 2025 Farage Grabs Momentum, Convenes Hard-right Reform UK Party Nigel Farage's anti-immigration party Reform UK kicks off Britain's annual party conference season Friday, with the Brexit cheerleader and his buoyant supporters increasingly confident he could be Britain's next leader.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2025 Rees-Mogg, Gove and pyrotechnics: what to expect from Reform party conference With 12,000 expected to attend in Birmingham, Nigel Farage’s party hopes to present a more professional image
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2025 Who decides when and where you work? The battle is raging in Whitehall, and the result may affect us all The dispute over hybrid working at the Office for National Statistics is becoming a key test of worker power, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025 Rees-Mogg clashes with Prince Andrew biographer over ‘salacious gossip’ behind new book The book, called Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, has made a series of claims about Prince Andrew’s life
The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025 Politicians attend funeral of ‘inspiring leader’ Norman Tebbit Conservative grandee Lord Tebbit, who was one of Margaret Thatcher’s closest political allies, died on July 7 aged 94.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2025 Suella, Jacob, even Liz? Inside Reform’s unofficial plan to bag a Tory big beast Officially, the party says there is no mission to court Conservative defectors, but insiders suggest otherwise, and warn against the dangers of doing so
The Conversation · May 22, 2025 Why Ofcom wants to plug a legal loophole around politicians presenting news Following a legal battle with GB News, the UK’s media regulator is proposing to tighten its rules on politicians appearing as presenters.