Who is popular today?

The MP’s posh, privileged persona has been a good cover for an untrustworthy, self-serving characterJacob Rees-Mogg’s mask keeps slipping. I don’t mean the literal mask he uncharacteristically wore at prime minister’s questions last week. I mean the metaphorical one behind it. It needs new metaphorical elastic because it’s been slipping and then being hastily put back for a couple of years now.People don’t seem to notice, though, because the mask is so off-putting, like a Hitler mask. Not Hitler, that’s not fair. He’s never worn a Hitler mask. Neither has he, in any broader sense, pretended to be Hitler. As far as we know. If he has, the footage is yet to emerge. He’s much nicer than Hitler. I mean that. He can quote me on it in his campaign literature if he likes. I think he should – it would be funny. Continue reading...