Hugh Grant had the last word on Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ‘happy British fish’

You’ll have seen by now that clip of Jacob Rees-Mogg telling the House of Commons that fish around the UK are happier now post-Brexit because they’re British.

He was responding to citicism from the SNP and its Commons leader Tommy Sheppard who asked for an urgent debate on the ‘Brexit fishing disaster’.

Unsold fish are rotting on docks, seafood companies are hitting the wall, but Jacob Rees-Mogg says what matters is that fish are now ‘happier’ because they’re ‘British’ pic.twitter.com/NGjWT4mXag

— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) January 14, 2021

And it prompted no end of mockery, as you might imagine, the best of which we highlighted here.

https://twitter.com/KathyBurke/status/1349709163132297216?s=20

https://t.co/VxwbKcdxFE pic.twitter.com/pMss3jK6XR

— christhebarker (@christhebarker) January 14, 2021

The coughing MP speaks for all of us. pic.twitter.com/UEAPfGy78P

— Nick Harvey (@mrnickharvey) January 14, 2021

But the last word goes to Hugh Grant.

Rhymes with anchor. https://t.co/wLSkJjG6Tz

— Hugh Grant 💙 (@HackedOffHugh) January 14, 2021

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