Jacob Rees-Mogg had a lie down in MPs’ Brexit debate – all the funniest and most furious responses
MPs were tonight holding an emergency Brexit debate in the House of Commons as the tussle for control over Britain’s exit from the European Union escalated still further.
And there was one person in particular who captured people’s attention, not for anything he had to say, but rather how he sat – or rather reclined – on the government’s front bench.
So-called Leader of the House, Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Leader of the House @Jacob_Rees_Mogg literally reclining on the front benches, casually smirking, as MPs debate this crisis. Genuine question: Could he be more of a prick? #HouseOfCommons pic.twitter.com/2RxRjGbYVT
— Jonathan Andrew (@jonandrew10) September 3, 2019
Here’s the Green Party’s Caroline Lucas calling him out as he did it.
This is the moment MPs shout at @Jacob_Rees_Mogg to 'sit up' after his body language and attitude during the ongoing Brexit debate is criticised by Green Party MP @CarolineLucas.
Read more: https://t.co/90kFy4Ea1q pic.twitter.com/niMMd9BSD5
— ITV News (@itvnews) September 3, 2019
And here’s what everyone else was saying, a whole bunch of our favourite responses that are either blistering, funny, or blisteringly funny.
1.
The physical embodiment of arrogance, entitlement, disrespect and contempt for our parliament. pic.twitter.com/XdnFQmkfCS
— Anna Turley MP (@annaturley) September 3, 2019
2.
It’s not unusual to see JRM lying in parliament.
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) September 3, 2019
3.
Jacob Rees-Mogg lolling horizontally on the front bench during tonight’s emergency debate is as insolent and insufferable as anything I’ve seen.
— Hugh Laurie (@hughlaurie) September 3, 2019
4.
Rees-Mogg has suffered the fate of so many clever but pampered men: letting arrogance eat away at his intelligence like an acid bath, until all that's left are the dry bones of ignorance and self-regard. pic.twitter.com/UxmN3C7zNd
— Robert Saunders (@redhistorian) September 3, 2019
5.
Sit up, Mogg. That woman next to you is not your nanny, she’s not about to flannel wash your bits. pic.twitter.com/qRJqhbtyqG
— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) September 3, 2019
6.
This is what contempt of Parliament looks like. pic.twitter.com/jhLTKnY34D
— bette (@swisskale) September 3, 2019
7.
SIT THE FUCK UP YOU ARROGANT TWAT. pic.twitter.com/j3ReuJAOZA
— Dr. Jane Clare Jones (@janeclarejones) September 3, 2019
8.
When one has had an elegant sufficiency at 3-shots-for-a-quid night, yet also had the monstrous good fortune to obtain sole occupancy of rearmost couch on the homeward omnibus. pic.twitter.com/JlLOdZfiWe
— Andrew R (@ExcelPope) September 3, 2019
9.
He got a memo to ‘lie on the front bench’. So covered both meanings just to be on the safe side. #LiarJohnsonOut #StopTheCoup pic.twitter.com/R2B3uDDogy
— jojo77 (@fbpe_jojo77) September 3, 2019
10.
The problem, you see, with Jacob Rees-Mogg (and I don’t think I’m speaking out of turn here) is that he’s a very, very, very stupid man.
— . (@twlldun) September 3, 2019
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— Henry Mance (@henrymance) September 3, 2019
12.
A reminder that Jacob Rees Mogg should be afforded the same respect and regard as an American politician who dresses and talks like a cowboy.
— KillieMeSoftly (@mcavoy_mick) September 3, 2019
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— Joe Lycett (@joelycett) September 3, 2019
14.
Hard to stress just how bad a look Mogg’s manner is at this moment. Once again, the idea of taking this crumbling eccentric from the backbenches and putting him on the front, in a kind of trolling exercise, is backfiring horribly.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) September 3, 2019
