The Moggcast: “Our relationship with China is currently very much in the hands of the Chinese”
He tells us about his views on Hong Kong, and how he balances his “absolute” loyalty to both the church and Government over re-openings for worship.
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The Moggcast: Episode Forty Three, Tuesday 2nd June 2020
“Our relationship with China is currently very much in the hands of the Chinese.” The Leader of the House of Commons tells us his views on Hong Kong, Dominic Cummings and how he balances his “absolute” loyalty to both the church and Government.
The Moggcast: The Commons Leader concedes that the Government’s “stay home” campaign may have been “too successful”
But “I don’t think that’s a great fault”. Also: our interviewee on why “Sir Keir, the nervous knight” and the Opposition “like having a hybrid parliament”.
The Moggcast: Episode Forty Two, Tuesday 19th May 2020
“If the Government’s only fault is that it’s been too successful, I don’t think that’s a great fault”, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells us. Plus, why “Sir Keir, the nervous knight” and the opposition are “like having a hybrid parliament”, as well as his book on the Black Death.
The Moggcast. “If people hadn’t decided they wanted a lockdown, there wouldn’t have been one.”
Our interviewee on why Starmer “has made the Labour Party once again a moderate, centre-Left party.” Plus: does he think the UK should follow Sweden?
The Moggcast: Episode Forty One, Tuesday 5th May 2020
“It’s been a lockdown of consent, not of compulsion”, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells us. Plus, “we can have scrutiny, but it’s not a full parliament – it doesn’t have that atmosphere.”
The Moggcast: Episode Forty, Tuesday 31st March 2020
“You see in the face of a crisis that it’s the nation state that holds the keys, not the supranational bodies”, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells us. Plus: Why China’s relationship with the rest of the world could change “for the better or worse after this.”
The Moggcast. The Government must tackle the virus with “evidence rather than emotion”.
Jacob Rees-Mogg on the Government’s strategy – and how MPs over 70 can use the pairing system to stay away from Parliament.
The Moggcast: Episode Thirty Nine, Tuesday 17th March 2020
Jacob Rees-Mogg gives his view on the government’s coronavirus strategy and why “scientific evidence is much better based than economic theories”. Plus: what he really thinks of Piers Morgan.
The Moggcast Returns. “Wash your hands for one verse of the National Anthem” – “we can all play our part” against Coronavirus.
Jacob Rees-Mogg also gives his view on “marvellous” Priti Patel and the role of the civil service. Plus: does he think his Grenfell comment was a mistake?
The Moggcast Returns: Episode Thirty Eight, Tuesday 3rd March 2020
“Wash your hands for one verse of the National Anthem” – Jacob Rees-Mogg on how “we can all play our part” against Coronavirus. He also gives his view on “marvellous” Priti Patel and the role of the civil service. Plus: does he think his Grenfell comment was a mistake?
The Moggcast. “It’s such a pity that Nigel hasn’t worked out that he’s won.”
How will the election pan out? “Ask Sir John Curtice,” Rees-Mogg tells us. Plus: Bercow’s partiality “was damaging to the position of Speaker”.
The Moggcast: Episode Thirty Seven, Tuesday 5th November 2019
“It’s such a pity that Nigel Farage hasn’t worked out that he’s won.” How will the election pan out? “Ask Sir John Curtice,” Jacob Rees-Mogg tells us. Plus: Bercow’s partiality “was damaging to the position of Speaker”
The case for and against seeking a general election this year
ConservativeHome is very dubious that, assuming a poll is deliverable, the Party can win a healthy majority without already having delivered Brexit.
The Moggcast. “Everything Letwin has done has been to frustrate leaving altogether.”
“Asking for more time is pointless and foolish,” Jacob Rees-Mogg argues. Also: why he believes leaving the EU will strengthen the Union.