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Jacob Rees-Mogg Quotes

born 1969 England

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg (born 24 May 1969) is a British Conservative politician. He was Leader of the House of Commons (2019–2022) and Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency (2022) and served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy during the brief premiership of Liz Truss.

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I think the idea of a second referendum is perfectly ridiculous.

I'm a man of the people. Vox populi, vox dei.

I have always thought that no deal is better than Mrs May's deal, but Mrs May's deal is better than not leaving at all.

The key is that we have our fish back: they are now British fish, and they are better and happier fish for it.

I've done my bit by having six children, so now you do yours.

We could have two referendums. As it happens it might make more sense to have the second referendum after the renegotiation is completed.

You can't have too many people using a special loo or it's no longer special — but it's now a disabled loo, so anyone can use it.

Let me indulge in the floccinaucinihilipilification of EU judges [...]

Pakistanis, living in England? They're not in a class by nature of where they've come from.

Life is sacrosanct and begins at the point of conception

The issue at hand is whether it was right to use the gross or net level of our contribution to the European Union - that is a matter of free speech and the democratic process.

No Conservative would do anything to harm the union and that crucially includes Northern Ireland.

If I were American I'd want the border closed, I'd be all in favour of building a wall. I'd want to build a wall in the middle of the English Channel.

I do wish you wouldn't keep going on about the nanny [...] If I'd had a valet, you'd think it was perfectly normal.

It is a grave error to try and use legal process to settle political questions

The transition which the EU is offering means that we're still effectively in the European Union for the following two years

Boris is doing very well against the marsupials. [Tweet during the hearing]

I am a late convert to social media and it's turned out to be great fun

My suspicion is that any delay to Brexit is a plot to stop Brexit. This would be the most grievous error that politicians could commit.

How you police your border is a decision for a sovereign state

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jacob Rees-Mogg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.