Boris Johnson: Senior Tories urge PM to quit after party apology

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“Douglas Ross has always been quite a lightweight figure” Jacob Rees-Mogg MP says the Secretary of State for Scotland “is a much more substantial and important figure in this” Newsnight

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He said he would write to the 1922 Committee - which organises Tory leadership contests - to register his lack of confidence in the PM.

"I don't think it should be left to the findings of a civil servant to determine the future of the prime minister and indeed who governs this country," he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the PM's explanation for his attendance was "so ridiculous that it's actually offensive to the British public" and he called on Mr Johnson "to do the decent thing and resign".

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Chancellor Rishi Sunak - both tipped as potential successors to Mr Johnson as leader - tweeted their support on Wednesday evening. It came as a poll for The Times by YouGov, which was carried out before Mr Johnson's apology at Prime Minister's Questions, put Labour at a 10-point lead ahead of the Tories - the party's biggest lead since December 2013.The government is facing mounting pressure over several events that are alleged to have been held during lockdowns in 2020.

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The tone and obsequiousness of his responses.. pathetic and imho insincere!

Science went wrong.

Quite interesting.

I bet Andrew Bowie is sitting in a bunker somewhere preparing to step in, problem is Andrew couldn’t find a backbone far less his own arse with a map and a compass. He failed his navigation exam and was booted from the navy so no chance of the leader job.

He means Jack is the right kind of land owning toff type Tory that fits with the haunted pencils colonial empire based view of the world.

God a cana stand his voice ataa !!!

Rees Moggs statement is correct...and should provide Scottish Tories definitive confirmation that English Tories despise Scottish Tories...they always have..

Don't often agree with Mogg😂👍 indyref2 scotlandineurope DissolveTheUnion NastyParty brexitshambles

Rees-Mogg is the duplicitous lightweight. Asked on Question Time why it was important to leave the EU, all he could say is 'It's a failed economic project' He resorts to name-calling as he has no real arguments but seeks to defend his own position belittling others

WE SHALL HAVE OUR DAY!!!

Did Mogg actually name him?

People like this with his pompous attitude cause more issues for the Tories in Scotland. He is one of the best ‘tools’ that Scotland can have and an way forward in our strive to become independent.

Mog sticking a wasps nest... Me thinks his days are numbered!!

The man who claims mOs should always support their PM - who himself stuck the knife into May!

Rees- Mogg trying to come across as sincere and empathetic- doesn’t work does it !

'People were trying their best....'.

Pmacgiollabhain The first time ive agreed with JRM, Douglas Ross is a light weight.

Ooft

There's the answer, the rules were not appropriate so we broke them.

The inquiry is looking into whether the restrictions at the time were the right restrictions? Retrospective rewriting of laws going on? Maybe that's why they suddenly exonerated all those criminalised for homosexual offences recently. Setting precedent for clearing the dickhead.

Does Nanny know he’s out late?

His heads not lightweight

Did he just say that the enquiry would be looking at whether the restrictions at the time were the right restrictions? Surely their defence of this is not going to be that the restrictions were a bit OTT What a bunch of lying Tory c u next Tuesdays

Did he know Kirsty is Scottish! Ooft! Kirsty was straight on that comment!

Mr rees mogg is now trying to sway the inquiry by stating that the rules may have been too strict. Therefore, unlike the millions of citizens who managed to follow them, the pm need not do so. The inquiry must judge the pm by the rules in place at the time.

He apologised because he was caught. He cares not a jot for anyone else. The contempt he show govt and the country is evident from his continued lying.

No regard for anyone apart from themselves.they think they are above us and we’re all stupid

“The problem with Scotland is, it’s full of Scots” just the vibe I get from this

JonWorcesterMan This shameless sycophant would sell his own mother with similarly disingenuous bullshit. They all have to go including this haunted pencil.

This could be because (a) he dares to criticise his party leader and (b) did not go to independent boarding school, so is obviously less important, say, than the Sec of State for Scotland who did. Tells you more about Mr Rees-Mogg than anyone else I think.

Still fuming about this 🤬 Arrogant barsteward.

This says a lot about what Westminster ministers think about Scotland. Can’t blame them for wanting out of the Union.

Being honest...'lightweight' is probably a good description of the Scottish Parliament...the level of 'debate'...the standard of questions...and answers...the outcome of 'committees'...it's all very... lightweight Holyrood

Mogg has always been a heavy-duty liar.

Greasey-Smogg just lost the Conservatives the next election 😂🤣🤗 What a great own goal Better than the 2 my dad scored in his first team debut! Serves all those Somerset snobs who voted for him right 😭😭

Are they deliberately doing this? Are they trying to break the union? More of this please 😂

They don’t give a monkey’s about anyone north of the M25. The sad thing is the north of England bought the lies about Brexit and voted Tory. They were used as canon fodder. Are you angry yet?

Someone called him the Greasey-Smogg . Grease becauze of his hair oil / Smogg because truth disappears in his weird large amount of knowledge of Parliamentary procedure?

Is this political theatre cooked up by Ross and JRM to improve Ross' ratings with Scots, who generally hate Johnson, Mogg (and Ross)?

JESUS IF THESE DOESNT WAKE UP THE NO VOTERS . I JUST DONT KNOW

The Tories should let Mr Rees Smug out more often. They’ll be out of power in double quick time and do us all a massive favour

Specky weapon

Wait, the inquiry is to figure out whether the restrictions were proportionate? “We conclude that restrictions were beyond what was required, therefore, no law was broken by Johnson having a party”.

Imagine the haunted pencil calling anyone a lightweight

He’s the best opposition supporter I’ve seen in ages! Carry on like this and opposition will win a landslide.

The thinks we are all stupid.

Am I just about to say well done BBC? I am now insane? JRM is my most abhorrent tory, even before Johnson. He does not have a clue, through privilege.

What jobs has Jacob Rees-Mogg had in the cabinet!!!? Think it may be fair to say he's the one that's a light weight !!!

Rees Mogg has always been arrogant and obnoxious.

Goodbye UK

One word: numpty

The 'Secretary of State for [Country Name]' is the same position as a Viceroy in the old days. It's a representative of the 'master country' overseeing the client state or colony in question It's a position that should not exist in 2022, much like the politics of JacobReesMogg

He’s just saying what we all know. The Tories have treated Scotland with disdain for half a century. Time to go, even for the Scottish Tories. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

'Please Sir, can you spare a few pennies for Scotland Sir, Thank You Sir, much obliged Sir, God Protect You Sir, God Save The Queen, Thank You Sir'...!!

For once I agree with Jacob. Carry on up the Union.

bigbenn1e ToryCorruption ToryPartyGames ScottishIndependence Democracy

Lightweight Definition: Person whose work in a particular area does not show a deep understanding or knowledge of that subject. No intellectual depth or thought worthy of note or consideration. See - Douglas Ross MP - MSP - Leader of the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party

BBC finally reporting government failings...

Just one look at who said it should be enough for any ‘offence’ to be laughed off.

String of pish

Being under pressure to resign and sending out Jacob Rees-Mogg to bat for you is like being on the point of defeat to Australia’s bowling attack and sending out Jacob Rees-Mogg to bat for you.

Disgusting comment

Rees mug really does sound like the boring priest from father ted !

Who widened the SueGray SueGrey enquiry to include a Boris Johnson escape clause about how hash the lockdowns were? Surely it is just about parties and who attended... Mogg sleaze

He didn't apologise it accept responsibility for his personal or departmental mistakes. Also, very tellingly see

Your tweet was quoted in an article by thejournal

The SoS for Scotland is a nobody puppet that nobody even knows, even in his own constituency. He could walk down Dumfries high street and go completely unnoticed. Douglas Ross is a far more prominent voice in Scottish politics JRM showing the typical Westminster disdain for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This from the man that models himself on a cartoon character in the Beano...

I’m British citizen stuck in Afghanistan under uncivilized regime hungry, freezing, sick without security. if u can’t help me please stop been racist to me. I’m really in bad situation. It’s not the time to be racist.

Man if I was Scottish I’d be voting to leave this shit state of a union asap!

This is really funny, if only partly true. With friends like these eh?

Not long now...

Alister Jack was 'a much more substantial and important figure', Mogg claims to a general chorus of '... who?' Including in Al's house.

If he is such a lightweight figure, why has he not resigned from office.

Hilarious Rees Smug hasn’t a scrap of political nous

Love the “ooooft”

The arrogance

Barry Gardner

Warning - English nationalist at large - shameful individual

Cxxt.

Oh dear, what arrogance to dismiss the Tory leader in Scotland like that. Keep going Ross, you seem like a decent guy, doing the right things.

Does anyone else think that Dr Jacob thinks so highly of the Scot’s that he would be delighted to take a few of us to an Argentinian laboratory for some Jacob fun and gene work to make us English , or maybe it’s just me

An anorexic skeleton calling anyone lightweight is hilarious.

His whole rational is delusional! What party discredits it’s MPs in such a patronises and dismissive manner. Anyone who voted Tory must now be seriously considering how much they are cared for. The lunacy of his 1920’s approach to 2022 is also bizarre.

0:42 … oaft!😂

The good thing about this is that when they replace Boris Jackboot Rinse Moog will still be a powerful and controlling figure in U.K. establishment. All the better for Indy. indynow

Outrageous

Jacob Ree-Smug quite happy to show disdain to the leaders of his own party and all of Scotland as he slavishly acts to protect Johnson and Johnson’s clownish and contemptible behaviour.

Smeg Mogg was always blessed with political nous.... ... as clearly indicated here...

JRM is one incompetent politician. All it shows is undisguised contempt for the Union. Can anyone blame the Scots for wanting independence from this car-crash of a Government. Most of the Country want Johnson gone and with good reason.

It's just about giving them enough rope now.

Jacob Rees-Smugg, one of the many reasons Scottish independence will be achieved soon

Hello; Flip - Flop Jacob Rees Mogg being given public air space. No doubt he charged for it.

Looking at if restrictions were proportionate should NOT in any way be the remit of this inquiry!

All of the cabinet are supporting BJ, including AJ because they're saving their own skin. No other reason. More f u jack I'm alright party. It'll need the backbenchers to get rid of BJ. I don't think RM has done his party any good. IndependentsDay soon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I can’t believe he can sound more condescending if he tried

Just when we thought they couldn’t stoop any lower … a new species of invertebrate is discovered in the No10 cabinet room.

He’s shooting his own team🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jacob_Rees_Mogg The rocket that got chased out of Fife and needed Henry Mcleish to save him.

Could anything damage the Union more than Johnson has done so partying whilst other work…..“Hold my Barbadillo Versos 1891 Amontillado”…. Said Jacob Rees Mogg!

Come on then ScotTories Jacob_Rees_Mogg told you to pick a side, who's it gonna be? Douglas4Moray or BorisJohnson

Keep trotting him out please! He's doing wonders for the indy cause!

Oh deer,moggys blunt knifes are looking for sacrificial backs again. I wonder who will get a life ring before the ship sinks?

It's a sure sign of a weak man when all they can do is insult when you disagree with their point of view.

I thought I hated BJ more than the rest but this is different level shitehousery. Basically the MSP's and Mp's from Scotland are just annoying little people with no say. Only the 1 picked by WM is acceptable to them...time to get away from these self serviant parasites. YES2022

Mogg.. Lightweight figure Wark.. Oooft. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The tactic they're trying to use is to ask whether were those restrictions were appropriate?

Anyone who voted for Jacob Rees-Mogg should hang their heads in shame.

Says Lord Snooty who was rejected in his attempt to stand in a Scottish election.

He should hear what’s said about him any time I mention his name. He’s living proof that Tories only care about themselves and protecting the system which allows him to avoid paying his fair share of taxes and Lording it over the rest of us.

He simply broke that law and everybody that was there too. And now you are covering for him how ridiculous

It takes a lightweight to know a lightweight.

A plummy accent does not an intelligent man make.

Tbf Grease-Mugg is the kinda knuckle skeever who thinks he's better and above everyone, not surprised he looks down on even his own. The truth is they're both heavyweight c*nts, this is just him projecting some kinda chest

Is there anyone less sincere than Jacob? The fist clenching bollocks doesn't make him human

It’s very very very annoying, and utterly stupid, when the question takes minutes. Waffling on needlessly. Not enough brain cells to précis. Letting the interviewee have loads of time to formulate an answer. Kirsty Wark needs to up her game.

JohnsonOutNow what rubbish this man talks.

Douglas4Moray has always been a bit of a lightweight

AgentP22 any thoughts on this? Bit of a spit in the face to the union and Murray. Clowns the lot of them

You taking that Douglas4Moray, he's made you look a right mug 😂

Writing off 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, it's 31 MSPs, and most likely the Union. That's quite the sacrifice to defend the liar PM.

Bin them all.

Douglas4Moray You 'yes' yet?

Heavily endorsed by London at the time over other potential candidates. Let that sink in.

Hugely insulting to the Union. Has JRM joined the SNP? Certainly looks that way.

What a vile excuse for a human being

mrjamesob it is interesting that Mogg says that the inquiry is looking to see if the 'regulations' were right at the time!!

“Ooft!” says Kirsty as Dickensian character Rees-Mogg declares Ross a ‘lightweight’. 😂😂😂

Every time Moggie opens his mouth he gives a boost to the argument for ScottishIndependence Cheers Moggie

There is a lot of attention on the word 'lightweight' the more illuminatory is in all honesty 'quibbling' i.e. we think this is really the little people making a mountain out of a molehill.

Moggie has always been seen as a lightweight figure by everyone else.

I don’t vote conservative but hats off to Ross for calling for Johnston to resign.

Extraordinary pronouncement from JRM as to the effectiveness of another politician!! An arrogant man should always look around him before shooting.

I'm no fan of Wee Douggie Ross, who could be, but he has shown some backbone which is missing across most Facist/Tories like JRM, Liz Truss et al. I think time will show Ross to be ahead of the curve and the sycophants in London

They are soo good at diversion these Tories 😂

This is rich coming from a man to utterly vacuous .

This is astonishing - how to alienate allies !

Can someone ask Douglas4Moray what he thinks of Jacob_Rees_Mogg?

Doing a good job at promoting independence.

JRM, whose entire persona is based on pretending that the ability to memorise the Cliff Notes version of the Classics makes him intelligent, is calling someone else lightweight? Struggling to think of a less substantial person who has ever held public office than him.

Spot the start of the narrative which they will use next. Mogg saying that the enquiry will look at whether the restrictions were the right ones….

Not even the Tories care about the Scottish Tories. ScotTories Douglas4Moray could you feel any more irrelevant?

Rees-Mogg, (shown below) is a financial pirate in a suit which his tailor humourously declares is his exact cut.

It's almost as if Rees-mogg wants Scotland to vote YES... The Conservatives are imploding.

Didn't Caesar's friends rally around him on that final visit to the Senate. Another fine tradition.

If Mees Fogg thinks Ross is a lightweight fcks knows what Puti, Biden, Macron & the rest think of Boris

Supercilious! If that is so not a good look for a politician.

Lol they need to say it publicly. All the years of Tories accusing corbyn of problems within labour which weren't stated publicly were fine though?

Why is Jack more important? Since devolution his Scotland Office is irrelevant as a department of state. Is is because he’s posh like Rees-Mogg?

Pompous dickhead

This is now a group of people who will say anything and besmirch anyone just to save their own skins, setting fire to their own party shows what they are all about, charlatans the lot of them...

Imagine putting JRM on news night another error of judgement. That is what I call really desperate.

Gi a nob

The man is an endless fountain of comedy gold. The Joseph Grimaldi of politics.

Mogg is a weak and pathetic individual, who has just dismissed his parties 31 conservative ministers. That's what the conservative government in Westminster think of Scotland.

Today Rees-Mogg will offer a formal apology as you “miss heard” him. He was talking about that other supremely conservative and genuinely lightweight, Diana Ross. lightweight BorisJohnsonMustGo stopinthenameoflove DouglasRoss

Ross and 'Lady' Davidson, have been outward critics of Boris because it plays well with their base. Removes an element of the selfish guilt for their electorate for being a New 'Quiet Tory'. But I'm afraid the true colours of the Con Party have been demonstrated for all to see.

So the Secretary of State for Scotland, who is installed by the UK tory government, is ‘a much more substantive and important figure’, than all the Scottish conservative MSPs, who have been directly elected. Nice nice nice

Love that “oof” from KirstyWark. Very professional presenter who clearly cannot believe the arrogance of the man she is interviewing. You can rely on JacobReesMogg7 to make any bad situation a hundred times worse.

Slightly alarming, is he saying that it’s possible the inquiry will retrospectively say the law was too onerous and therefore find them all innocent… That’s what it sounds like…

Seen on Twitter. Chapeau to the (as yet) anonymous creator.

timsmithricky Toad.

I hope that every Conservative voter in Scotland sees the utter contempt that this lot hold for you.

What an obnoxious man. I also note the comment around whether the rules were right, so they will use that as their get out. ‘The party may have been wrong, but the rules should have been different and we will retrospectively change them to get the PM off the hook’

are you going to retrospectively change covid rules so that johnson didn't break the rules Jacob_Rees_Mogg

Wow! ScottishIndependence

Nice one Mogg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The ship is sinking and Jacob_Rees_Mogg is going down with it, it’s a delight to see. The divisions and infighting within Boris’s team are getting to irreversible levels now, soon enough a vote of no confidence will be held

2. People were prosecuted and find for meeting whilst No.10 had a party. NHS staff were (and are) on their knees with no respite whilst Boris Johnson gave his staff a party in the garden because they had worked hard.

This is clear for us all to see, in the next General Election we MUST get rid of these arrogant, poisonous individuals. Remember Mogg transferred all of his millions to a bank in Dublin to continue having European benefits after Brexit. 😱 CorruptToriesOut

Zero sincerity total fraud of a man

What a snob Rees-Mogg is.

1. I can't get as annoyed about that when the tone deaf refusal to understand that people are NOT asking whether the restrictions in place were appropriate, but are furious that family members died alone, that they were unable to have funerals whilst tories partied in a garden...

Leader of the snobs looking down on 'little people' even those wearing the same rosette.

Since Douglas Ross was a light weight figure, how will the rejected Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character call Baroness Ruth Davidson of Lundin Links?

So, let me guess, the next line is going to be that their own restrictions were disproportionate and so they didn’t need to stick to them!

Whoever thought 'yes let's get Moggy out, he's going to be really popular and warm public opinion back up to us' is a evil genius. Way to make everything worse 😂😂😂😂

He is saying that the person chose by the people of scotland is not as important as yhe person chose by people in England. The Union is finished under these corrupt psychopaths. All very 1930's..

The English leader of the HouseofCommons thinks that the SoS for UKGovScotland has more authority than Douglas4Moray in representing the views of ScotTories 👇🏽

Ooops! This has NOT 'aged well'!!!!

To be played endlessly at the next referendum

dan_wilkes And from the right class!

As my gran used to say, “takes one to know one”

What a slippery, slimy, greasy haunted victorian candlestick this man is!

Arrogance personified.

When an intellectual amoeba like Rees-Mogg sits in front of KirstyWark saying Scottish views are unimportant we know that the Tories have completely lost touch. A Glasgow kiss would have been justified methinks

FurryDuffer Andrew bowie

This man is an absolute horror

If this what he thinks of Douglas4Moray the leader of ScotTories then he thinks even less of his Tory MSP’s and even less again of his Tory councillors. Proof that Scottish Tories are irrelevant to Conservatives and are just being used by Westminster as a means to an end.

So not only is the pointless investigation going to report on breaches of the rules but according to JRM also investigate whether the rules for lockdown were needed? Ffs someone wobble his head !

“Whether the restrictions were the right restrictions?” Is that really the road he wants to go down? The implication being that these parties were fine because the restrictions were too harsh in the first place? What an odious man you are Jacob_Rees_Mogg

Rees-Mogg is advacating that the present Sec of State would be an excellent Leader of Scottish Con party, because he is more like himself, upper class, privately educated, rulling class and all together a jolly good person. Time the Rotten Scotts were back in their box.

Remember when some people were convinced that because of his ill fitting suit, monocle, top hat, exaggerated vowels and flowery language, Rees-Mogg had something of value to say? You've been Rees-Mugged off by Rees-Smug. Back to the Beano with you Jacob_Rees_Mogg

That ghoul can't feel empathy.

Aaaaaaand the Union continues to hurtle towards its demise - well done Jacob_Rees_Mogg 👏👏👏 dissolvetheunion Annibyniaeth thesoonerthebetter

If people vote him in again, well f*** it, you deserve the future you make.

Worrying that he suggests that Sue Gray's investigation will consider whether restrictions were proportionate rather than whether they were broken.

Smoggy is right. Douglas4Moray is a lightweight to be honest. ToryCorruption TorySleaze TorySewageParty indyref2 Scotland ScottishIndependence

Prize pranny!

Says the minister for the 1800’s 😂😂😂😂

Wow, how can ScotTories go into the upcoming council elections pretending they are an important part of the union. They can’t, it’s clear Westminster has no interest in defending the union only their own self interest

'the enquiry will show that the rules were clearly only designed to apply to plebs not important people like us'

Johnson, Rees-Mogg et al think that we are fools.

I just vomited

Tories in Scotland realising they are totally dispensable and deplored by London bosses. HQ doesn't like upstarts who bite the hand that pays them. Never mind in an independent Scotland you can start your own Scottish and Conservative party instead of being a pretendy one.

Interpretation: Douglas Ross didn't go to Eton or any other elite public school for that matter. How dare he criticise any of us?!

Mogg forgot to mention that the Secretary of State for Scotland has no influence in Scotland.

JacquesRogues The arrogance is appalling. No shame or humiliation.

He says that as part the enquiry Sue Gray will have to consider whether the restrictions in place at the time were correct when looking at the proportionally of the rule breaking…lost for words…

Apologised for BEING CAUGHT (as evinced by previous denials) Jacob_Rees_Mogg. - even you should be able to spot that nuance. BorisJohnsonMustGo ReesMogg

WTF does 'check the restrictions were proportionate' mean You don't get to decide you don't have to follow the rules because you don't agree with them. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU MADE THOSE RULES. Christ alive.

It's fun to watch them squirm

Duckyandboob Ooft! As Kirsty said! 👌

'Integrity is doing the right thing even when no-one is watching.' - C. S. Lewis

So much for the ‘precious Union’…

Jacob Rees-Mogg went on to say the Covid pandemic (as for everything it seems) is the excuse.

BBCScotlandNews

Where’s the rest of the Scottish Tories, are they backing their leader Ross, or are frightened & worried that their loyalty to England is called into question?

lewis_goodall Who is secretary of state for Scotland

The devil himself

Jacob_Rees_Mogg what’s not proportionate is the govt thinking they can act against the laws they make!!!!

NorthEastSomerset Why do you put up with your MP? He alienates everyone. He described people trapped in a burning building as lacking 'common sense'. He supports the liar who's currently the PM. He'd rather protect his investments than his constituents. SackReesMogg

He is intolerable and patronising and should have no place in our politics

Please don't get rid of these Eton toffs England... they are the best campaigners for ScottishIndependence

Anonymous briefings seem to be ok when it’s the like of bbclaurak churning them out for 10DowningStreet but not so much when it’s the Scottish Conservatives saying their own leader is a liar? It’s almost like there’s some double standards being applied Jacob_Rees_Mogg

As the catholic will know, acts of contrition are only of worth when meant.

The arrogance……

Wee Kirsty's oooft says it all. When the Tories are treated like garbage by her wee yoonion it's oooft. When SNP MP's&MSP's are, all we hear is either silence, or her joining in the hunt to do them down. YOU&HER both stand exposed for bias! Sucks to be useless to them, eh?

See the utter contempt with which he views an entire country. These people hates you- and if you vote for them, you’re hurting all of us.

These boys are actually quite funny and scary in equal measure. The entertainment is great, like a never-ending episode of The Simpsons. Scary in that my standard of living is dropping faster than a Bojo mistress.

Just signed the Tory death warrant 😂

Worry not though, people of Britain, the Rees Mogg Nosferatu was realeased from his crypt tonight to tell us all via what a great job the Tory government have done during the pandemic!

SackReesMogg JohnsonOut JohnsonOutNow GTTO

Standing by his man and not Scotland and its elected representatives. 'Lightweight'? Really? Talk about throwing out the baby with the bath water! How insulting & condensing and shows contempt for the Union. He's off the scale of anything that bears a resemblance to loyalty.

Over to ross, you going to stand for that 😂😂😂

THEM and US SackBoris TheConParty

maitlis Douglas4Moray I recon you want to show the old ghost of Christmas past here how lightweight you are

So to professional lightweight Mogg the regime imposed satrap of Scotland is far more important than their leading elected MP. Treating Scotland like a colony then Jacob?.

Show and share this. They still don’t think they did anything wrong. Absolutely staggering.

Oh so the restrictions were wrong I see .....

These anonymous briefings..... 😂😂😂🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬

Rees-Mogg is shameless and morally bankrupt.

Mogg always had disdain for Scotland, now he shows he has total contempt for the leader of the tory party in Scotland. Bitter together indeed.

objectsmith Journalists think they are the players & that they have the right to give their opinions on an equal basis to those they are meant to be interviewing. If they weren’t ‘journalists’ they would not even get on tv! BBC worst of all.

Sending Jacob_Rees_Mogg out is never going to help your cause. The country hates him and again he proves he has no idea how real people feel. This man needs to be removed from being an MP.

He's doing a great job for Scottish independence.

Say the flyweight

The UKIP/Tories in open internal warfare. The utterly cringe-making attempts of this fawning pencil to explain/justify the inexplicable and wholly unjustifiable speaks volumes for the moral vacuum that is Ree-Smugg.

For a party that has 'unionist' in its name, claiming that their leader of the opposition of Scotland doesn't matter seems awfully contradictory. Can't stand Dross but the party have really screwed him over for speaking sense.

‘The problem with Scotland is that it’s full of Scots’

Wow 🤣

The one point I don't see mentioned is that he's implying that the covid restrictions weren't necessarily needed, as if this is a defence of why they didn't follow the rules in No. 10. This man is a joke.

We are witnessing the start of the circular firing squad...

Mogg broke the covid rules to go to a Latin mass out with his home area. Something that there was no requirement for him to do.

Douglas4Moray you yes yet?

An exception to ToryCorruption

Another boost for Scottish independence from the Tories .

Kirsty Wark is a National Treasure.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 More........more

Jacob_Rees_Mogg you utter based Chad.

Moggy should get himself another job in the funerals industry. He looks the part

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Nice one. Lightweight figure! Nice to know what your allies think of you eh? 😂😂😂😂😂🤦🇬🇧🐂💩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Blue on Blue is not a good look for government , music to the ears of Labour

What a repulsive individual 😱

Remember Better Together? This is top English Tory making it plain that even top Scottish Tory is an irrelevance to their ‘betters’ in England never mind rest of Scottish people. ‘Betters Together: Know Your Place’ would have been a more honest Unionist mantra.

But Jacob_Rees_Mogg is a fan of pritipatel who's proven time and time again she's literally got zero skills to be near any public office. Political illiteracy is plain to see by her OWN party's history with her!

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Please don't tell BBC Scotland political commentators ,they think Dougie is a demi God with a direct line to No10.

Outrageous. Jacob_Rees_Mogg is effectively breaking up the United Kingdom, supported by the ridiculous comments by michaelgove earlier today. The Scottish Conservative Leader and 31 MSPs are MORE substantial than 1 Scottish Secretary of State. Wow.

They are just rude and offensive these Tories, even to their own. SoS for Scotland is my MP - you know - whats his name 🤔

Mogg is a lightweight posh tart.

Why did you edit the clip? The original had the camera on Kirsty's face when she gasped. We were able to see how shocked she was.

Jacob_Rees_Mogg the new DominicCummings of DowningStreet. If a Tory is prepared to go against PM then 'off with their heads' REAL Conservatives, especially in the Lords won't take 👇 this. 1922Committee need those letters fast as it seems BorisJohnson going to ALL lengths

Moggy 'has always been quite a lightweight figure', but convinces people that he sounds posh, so his slighting scorn is acceptable as from some noble figure ? CoriolanusHeIsNot

I've heard of Douglas Ross, yet had to look up who the Secretary of State for Scotland is 😂 JRM, taking his face for a shite live on TV

Nice to see Rees-Smug leading the campaign for Scottish Independence

Hi Douglas4Moray coul you please comment on your party member comments? Does this irrelevant MP from England says the true about the irrelevance of you and the ScotTories ? You want to convince us that this undemocratic & corrupt union is our best future? ScottishIndependence

Great move by JRM - he's just made Douglas Ross a feather weight dead cat!

Big yikes ScotTories

I said so before, they seem set on the course for a breakup of 🇬🇧 with this overlording and their article 16 threats, they’re insane little englanders at the core and the other nations mean nothing to them.. ReesMogg JohnsonOutNow

This just goes to show you that 'they know' devolved parliament/assemblies are meaningless to the country as a whole... They don't care.

The proper collective noun: A slime of Tories.

I’m not going to comment on this or I’ll be banned for life.

Wark sounde frantic. She doesn't like this Tory infighting at all. She knows it promotes ScottishIndependence!

Mogg says Ross is a lightweight. Yet of the two, which one is a figure of National mockery?

jockmcleod53 Just like Fluffy was!……….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👇🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

“We have been told” - That ins’t evidence. He should’ve dismissed that claim and reaffirmed that these 33 people would need to make their position public. After all, how do we know the source is accurate? We’ve just to assume it’s on point, and it may not be.

It's simply spiffing to hear from rees-mogg. He's certainly no lightweight, that's for sure. He knows a lot about common sense too. In fact, he's something of an expert on the subject as he so skilfully demonstrated when discussing the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Is this how 'one' spells condescending - patronising - prat correctly?

Remind you of anyone?... 'Never admit to anything, but try and charm the press while you lie to them'. The Coming Storm ggatehouse paints an up to date picture of this?

Why you would send mogg out to defend the party is beyond me. Talk about lack of judgement

maitlis Any of the Tory back bench suits (men & women) watching that performance on Newsnight from the minister for the 18th century could only conclude it really is time to get them 54 letters into Brady at the 1922. Keep digging Jacob….

He has to be kidding, probably as an English MP he has no idea the damage this has done to the Scottish Conservatives and the Union. No wonder they don’t let Mogg out much😀

Pmsl what a kick in the gub for poor wee Ross Douglas4Moray 😏 Betting AndrewBowie_MP is getting his makeup done and his eyeliners just right for his big take over tomorrow...😁

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maitlis And your beef with this? maitlis

maitlis Don’t think DR will take kindly to that . Ms Conti will tell you he’s no lightweight…

Jacob really

The worse the situation is, the more Rees-Mogg whispers. I could barely hear him there 😄 Rough times for the CorruptTories, but no more than they deserve. ToriesOut

maitlis which side is he on?

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