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1. This is perhaps the perfect illustration of how absurd use of the word "populist" has become.
2. Jacob Rees-Mogg: his father was editor of the main establishment paper (the Times) elevated to House of Lords; JR-M raised by nanny (who he now employs for his own kids). Went to Eton & Oxford. Worth $100 million. NY Times: he's a "populist"
3. A reminder: the New York Times described this guy, Jacob Rees-Mogg (Eton, Oxford, son of a Lord & editor of London Times, worth $100 million) as a "populist."
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Jacob Rees-Mogg tribute act and Guido wannabe, Tom Harwood, spanked by @NickyMorgan01 on #politicslive. Spanked.

PS Why do all those “anti-establishment” representatives of “ordinary people” ALWAYS sound like a Fast Show parody of angry posh boys?
How interesting that dozens of Brexiter responses to this are about how the “females” or “hags” are “shrill”, “gobby”, “uppity”, “hysterical” or “ugly”. Or about me being a foreigner, “a luvvie” or “a beardy”. Every day the ugly source of this “movement” is revealed more starkly.
Also worth noting what Tom “Everyone Knew What They Were Voting For” Harwood thought (and sold to his followers) before the referendum. Now he’s all “OMG THAT’S NOT REAL BREXIT, THAT’S BRINO”.

Such a profoundly undemocratic power grab. A hijacking of a mandate. Shame on you.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg's attack on Mark Carney yesterday for being biased, Canadian & wrong represents the coming together of three strands of British political culture, the combination of which is now harming the way our politics works. If you'll indulge me, a short thread... 1/5
1. Britain lauds the amateur. It's why we love Strictly, X-Factor & Bake Off. But in public life, reverence for the determined amateur has morphed into contempt for professionalism. We disparage & suspect the experts who help run our country (from Mark Carney to Olly Robbins) 2/5
2. Our political elite is dominated by generalists (like me). The public school/Oxbridge/politics nexus still delivers Renaissance men with great rounded education. And generalists like Rees-Mogg think clever people are just as good at economics as economists. They're wrong. 3/5
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I want my country back 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Retweeted by a Brexiter who possibly thinks I’m being pro-JRM. Worrying.
Jacob Rees Mogg: “I follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.”

*Jacob flings dead fish into the Thames in protest at Brexit transition deal*

Hmm. Didn’t Jesus magic up lots of fish to feed the poor? Jacob screws the poor, then throws their dinner in the river. How very Christian.
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