Jacob Rees-Mogg says Boris Johnson should be next PM and says he would negotiate better Brexit deal than Theresa May’s Chequers ‘muddle’
JACOB Rees-Mogg says Boris Johnson should be the next Prime Minister and says he would negotiate a better Brexit deal than Theresa May’s Chequers “muddle”.
The influential backbencher said the former Foreign Secretary is “absolutely first class” – but he added “there is no vacancy” in Number 10 for him to fill.
Jacob Rees-Mogg says Boris Johnson should be the next PM and says he would negotiate a better Brexit deal than Theresa MayLBC
Mr Rees-Mogg also blasted calls for a second referendum in a phone-in on LBC, calling it “a singularly silly idea”.
He was asked by a listener to respond to a poll by the radio station suggesting Brits would prefer Mr Johnson to Mrs May to deliver a so-called “real Brexit”.
The MP for North East Somerset said: “Well, two years ago in the Conservative Party leadership campaign, I supported Boris Johnson because I thought it would deliver Brexit extraordinarily well.
“I haven’t seen anything that would cause me to change my mind on that.”
The influential backbencher said the former Foreign Secretary is ‘absolutely first class’Sky News
He added: “I think that had he become Prime Minister we would have negotiated from a greater position of strength, and would be heading towards a clearer and cleaner Brexit rather than the muddle of Chequers.
“So I have the highest regard for Boris Johnson, but there is no vacancy.”
He wouldn’t be pushed for an answer if there was, eventually adding: “Look, I think Boris is absolutely first class, but there is no vacancy.”
But he agreed with Mr Johnson’s column this week claiming the PM was not even trying to get a proper Brexit, saying: “Yeah, I couldn’t put it better myself.”
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