In today’s City A.M., co-editor Laura Perrins debated Bright Blue’s Rupert Myers on the question: Should we take Jacob Rees-Mogg seriously as a leadership contender?
Laura’s answer was emphatic, telling us that it is about time the Conservative Party dropped “the wishy-washy failed mantra of the middle ground” for someone who “recognises the importance of family, community and civil society – all independent of the State.”
Should we take Rees-Mogg seriously, then? Absolutely, argues Laura – “it’s time for Mogg-mania.”
Read Laura’s piece in full here.