Astonishing statement by Mark Francois on World At One where he described Jacob Rees-Mogg as “his boss”.
It reminded me of a comment by James Naughtie last week where he talked about the problems within the Conservative party that grew more pronounced after the (misguided) efforts to keep the party together when it was threatened by a strengthening UKIP. He suggested that in other countries that renegade group (i.e. the ERG) might otherwise have separated into its own party, and it would be a kind of National Front.
So you might see JRM as running an NF party within the Conservative group...
Astonishing statement by Mark Francois on World At One where he described Jacob Rees-Mogg as “his boss”.
It reminded me of a comment by James Naughtie last week where he talked about the problems within the Conservative party that grew more pronounced after the (misguided) efforts to keep the party together when it was threatened by a strengthening UKIP. He suggested that in other countries that renegade group (i.e. the ERG) might otherwise have separated into its own party, and it would be a kind of National Front.
So you might see JRM as running an NF party within the Conservative group...