Jacob Rees Mogg: "It's my view that we have moved to...an essentially presidential system and that the mandate is personal rather than entirely party and each PM would be advised to take a fresh mandate...my view is a change of leader requires a general election." #Newsnight
Fact check: this may be JRM's view as to how the constitution has evolved but it is not the case. There would be no constitutional requirement for an immediate general election, as indeed there wasn't an immediate general election when Boris Johnson took over from Theresa May.
As long as the Leader of the Conservative Party could command the support of the majority of the House of Commons there is no constitutional requirement for a general election until the term of this Parliament expires in 2024.
JRM may of course argue there’s a political necessity for a fresh mandate but that is a rather different thing to any actual requirement for one.
Conservative Chair of the Commons Justice Committee responds roll JRM’s comments on Newsnight last night
https://twitter.com/neill_bob/status/1486286587654811652
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