WATCH: Rishi Sunak avoids calling out Jacob Rees-Mogg over Partygate comments
It comes as Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed the government parties allegedly held during Covid restrictions are “disproportionate fluff” and “fundamentally trivial”.
It comes as Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed the government parties allegedly held during Covid restrictions are “disproportionate fluff” and “fundamentally trivial”.
The Tory MP described the affair which engulfed Boris Johnson’s government as “fundamentally trivial” at a fringe event in Blackpool.
Pushed by Marr to admit it’s harder to sell fish to the rest of Europe now because of Brexit, Rees-Mogg said: “Well, I mean you’re quite right, there were some teething troubles with some scallops and so on but actually that varies considerably.”
The Brexit Opportunities minister’s post comes just as the US has labelled the EU’s response to the invasion of Ukraine as “historic”, saying the relationship with the bloc is “vital” – but not mentioning a word about Brexit Britain.
The EU will "look at us in horror", the minister for Brexit opportunities declared, much to the amusement of people on social media.
The Brexit Opportunities minister has written to readers of The Sun this week asking them for tips on his new role.
The 'Minister for BO' previously said it could take 50 years to reap the benefits of Brexit.
"Tell me you had bad sex education without telling me you had bad sex education," Sophia Smith Galer commented.
“The leadership of Boris Johnson this country has had has been so brilliant," he told reporters stationed outside No 10.
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