Jacob Rees-Mogg

“I've made no pretence to be a modern man at all, ever.”

“A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics.”

“The requirement upon the sovereign to 'advise, encourage, and warn' means that the Queen must be well informed. The weekly audience with the Prime Minister is not to discuss the weather but...”

“We are the Conservative and Unionist party. No Conservative would do anything to harm the union, and that crucially includes Northern Ireland.”

“A nanny, by being the child's doughty defender, may put sensitive noses out of joint.”

“I'm of the opinion that one of the perks of being in Parliament is not having to do the school run.”

“Tony Blair adopted the accent of the audience he was speaking to, which worked very well initially, but then voters began to perceive him as phoney. The 'man of the people' act is the height...”

“Proper British nannies put the child ahead of everything. They do not like to see children used as accessories, carried around in slings for the convenience of the parents' social life. They...”

“Marriage is a sacrament, and the decision of what is a sacrament lies with the Church, not with Parliament.”

“Extradition treaties date back at least to 1259 B.C., when the Hittite King Hattusili the Third and Ramesses the Second signed a treaty of 'peace and brotherhood for all time.' They have bec...”

“A poor worker is taxed heavily to receive his own money back with a modest supplement. Surely it would be more efficient just to pay the supplement and take him out of direct tax altogether.”

“The arguments over the limits that may be put on individuals suspected of sympathising with the enemy have occurred over the centuries. Habeas corpus was suspended during the Napoleonic wars...”

“We must be out of the protectionist common external tariff, which mainly protects inefficient E.U. industries at the cost to British consumers.”

“It's widely accepted that it is reasonable for a government to use tax policy to change behaviour.”

“I would always vote for Tory candidates in the United Kingdom, and I would probably be Republican if I was an American.”

“London's central role in the financial market would be undermined if wealthy foreigners did not want to come here.”

“Supermarkets have contributed as much to increasing the standard of living in the United Kingdom as almost any government policy. They bring a level of convenience and quality that was unkno...”

“Overseas investors have a choice. They can buy property, equities, bonds, or a host of other assets either in the United Kingdom or abroad. Each decision will be taken depending on the avail...”

“It is easy to defend the right of people to do things that fit in with the cultural norms of the majority. This includes practices that give personal pleasure but may be harmful, such as smo...”

“Press freedom has great virtues. It is not about irresponsible scandal-mongering, although that may be part of the picture. It is a means of revealing wrongdoing.”