Jacob Rees-Mogg's colonial comments have been slammed

Jacob Ress-Mogg’s colonial comments have been slammed as he made the bizarre claims on GB News (where else?)

He said: “If we could rule a quarter of the world’s population with 175 Foreign Office staff there is no reason we cannot run our island nation today with 40,000 civil servants.”

Rees-Mogg’s colonial comments

Jacob Rees-Mogg MP “ If we could rule a quarter of the world’s population with 175 Foreign Office staff there is no reason we cannot run our island nation today with 40,000 civil servants” pic.twitter.com/6O7gY30opJ
— Sangita Myska (@SangitaMyska) August 9, 2023

Reactions

As you can Jacob Rees-Mogg’s colonial comments have not gone down well…

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Astounding that anyone thinks JRM is actually smart when he comes out with tripe like this.
— bass4themasses (@bass4themasses) August 9, 2023

Just shows all that expensive education isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
— 10ep (@10ep1) August 10, 2023

History has never been Rees-Mogg's strong point. Throw in a financial incentive to say stupid things, and it's like the enlightenment never happened.
— Robert Saunders (@redhistorian) August 10, 2023

I too generate my figures from atmospheric noise https://t.co/dJbo66ks6X
— Andrew Papenheim ⍰ (@apapenheim) August 9, 2023

Yup! Of which, famously only 5 fought the Battle of Britain to keep the whole
Luftwaffe at bay!
— H (@Maxiedoggie2026) August 9, 2023

I’m sorry, no one is interested in administrative advice from the guy who brought his nanny to campaign with him https://t.co/jZlDPhZ3PA
— Rajan Narang (@rdnarang) August 10, 2023

If you spout nonsense with a posh accent you can get away with anything it seems
— Sangita Myska (@SangitaMyska) August 9, 2023

He might want to crack open his HR manual and add slavery, brutal violence, and pillaging as vital skills.

It’s frightening that we let a Victorian ghost have so much say in this country. https://t.co/XT2GzqzLtQ
— Darshan Sanghrajka (@chiefchimpanzee) August 9, 2023

Ofcom

Also, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s GB News show is now being investigated by Ofcom.

The UK media watchdog launched four further investigations into the channel’s compliance with due impartiality rules.

Ofcom said it was looking at three programmes, including Jacob Rees-Mogg’s show ‘State Of The Nation’, in relation to its rule that politicians must not act as news presenters.

War on Woke

Marina Purkiss shared a video of her sparring with Mogg and wrote: “As the war on woke heats up… I want to remind you of what @Jacob_Rees_Mogg had to say When I asked him how their “anti-woke policies” would help recover the country… Spoiler: they won’t.”

As the war on woke heats up…

I want to remind you of what @Jacob_Rees_Mogg had to say

When I asked him how their “anti-woke policies” would help recover the country…

Spoiler: they won’t. pic.twitter.com/IugEKfnhWp
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) August 10, 2023

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