Jacob Rees-Mogg filibustering Sustainable Livestock Bill

From 12. November 2010

[@Sophievos3u]

That must be a very large mug

[@0wls2k]

Sophie Vos must be a sports direct one

[@mfrost71w]

Sophie Vos I had the same mug - they're VIctorian 'Farmer's mugs' or 'Motto mugs' and had a verse with illustrations of farming and farming tools and, indeed, were big - held about a pint

[@xpektayshun]

Sophie Vos or very fine print

[@TheBarnem13]

Sophie Vos My thought's exactly

[@abstract734]

suas lol

[@o00nemesis00o]

Could we possibly have Jacob Rees-Mogg narrate audio books?

[@kapitankapital6580]

Nicholas Heathfield Das Kapital?

[@razzledazzle7776]

Nicholas Heathfield Mein Kampf?

[@benfinch9829]

Razamataz Productions I'd listen lol better than fucking Harry Potter

[@kapitankapital6580]

"and it was all the bloody Jews" Oh yeah, sorry, you didn't want to read Harry Potter, did you?

[@TheStRyder91]

Where's Wally?

[@anedcav]

Doctor: You only have 21 minutes left to live. Me: *Watches video*

[@Formula1Madx]

anedcav The rest of us: can't wait for the next 21 mins to be over.

[@anedcav]

and yet you are here watching it and replying to comments

[@Formula1Madx]

anedcav I enjoyed the video. What I was referring to was the result at the end of the 21 minutes ☺️

[@nicholaswilkowski632]

anedcav 9 seconds to ponder after watching.

[@Stopitpls]

In my will, I have demanded that this plays on *full volume* during my funeral

[@georgefasey]

"Thank you. I appreciate that sedentary comment of outrage from my honourable friend."

[@MrOzzy281]

what did he say couldnt here

[@PhoenixFireHD]

'outrageous'

[@DublinDapper]

George Fasey fucking brilliant!!

[@princessbubblee699]

Pretty sure he said 'salutary', not 'sedentary'.

[@grantdavidson5069]

Princess Bubblee No!! Sedentary comment. (Lazy or idle comment)

[@cairo2capetown71]

I really enjoyed it when he started listing all of the vegetables he didn’t like

[@leskay1]

Carrots are the direct wrath of the devil.

[@BaronVonSparklefarts]

This guy is amazing. Im getting all my eggs, chicken and beef from Somerset

[@CaptCovfefe515]

Baron Von Sparklefarts If JRM didn’t do anything else related to this bill, he sure as shit did a good job advertising for Somerset’s livestock farms.

[@timothybaxter7392]

Homogenised and pasteurised in bottles and cans of every size, she's sure to give you big suprise, she's Nelly the bionic cow.... The Wurzels got in ahead of JRM in this case :)

[@jamesbird6103]

He is an elitists Catholic hypocrite! You are suffering from poshboy stockholm syndrome!

[@davidpedelty3544]

North Somerset

[@awordabout...3061]

Did anyone else feel hungry listening to this? Just going to pop down to Somerset, I think...

[@RD13164]

James Beil you mean pop up to Somerset?

[@billybigvape1026]

I think it is actually called 'somerfield'.

[@fenriders7008]

+StarDust Somerfield is a shop... Gah

[@scdobserver835]

You feel hungry listening to 'night soil'???

[@CbrigBear87]

Night soil and chips, easy on the carrots

[@someguy4405]

“...Who do not want to have poetry recited in the house of com-“ “AND VERILY THE WINDING FIELD STRETCHES YONDER UNDER THE SKY”

[@raitisfreimanis]

18:59 JRM: ""But we really don't want to be forced by members opposite to eat our greens, whether they be cauliflower or cabbages, whether it be spinach or marrows, whether it be turnips or any ... or carrots, I must say I particularly dislike carrots, and I remember George Bush Senior got into terrible trouble..."

[@andrewblackmore3150]

This guy is not only super intelligent but hes bloody entertaining too

[@samjerbs]

andrew blackmore - don't confuse articulacy with intelligence.

[@SandMan_86]

If he was super intelligent he would've got a first

[@leroyjenkins5608]

Sam Jones I would argue that reciting several stanzas of poetry from memory hints at being slightly more than articulate; but each to their own I suppose.

[@NievieDee]

on the contrary- he is terribly intelligent. he is deliberately blocking a debate by delaying a bill which the tories would lose.

[@NievieDee]

oh he's a deluded twat ....but also a very sneaky smart politician. unfortunately the two aren't mutually exclusive.

[@faro717]

Amazing that such posh English accents still exist...he’s like an actor playing the part of an English aristocrat...

[@mortyboardsmusic2444]

Jacob Rees-Mogg should be Minister in charge of Brexit negotiations. His intellect is outstanding, his manners impeccable, his knowledge apparently encyclopaedic and his temperament imperturbable. He also has a sense of humour, a trait not commonly found in politicians. Is there a more suitable person to lead us out of the EU?

[@Dragonline77]

mortyboard's music he doesn't know everything, he just reads extensively beforehand.

[@ShadowMan-bv5rv]

No-one knows everything you pillock. Even Therasa May probably dosent know every law in this country affected by brexit, so she has to blag it. Human Brain is not that powerful

[@astraeashaw4768]

Is that why that why he is not chosen to do so? He is so quintessentially and wonderful ENGLISH. Please, please God, let us have him as PM SOON.

[@leeludlowart237]

D Scimmy isn’t reading the way you learn things?? U should try it.

[@leeludlowart237]

mortyboard's music he should be prime minister.

[@modestMouseism]

10/10 only if he finished his story about Bush the Elder and the carrot...

[@ivanrorick]

It was probably a reference to this weird controversy here in the USA back then when Bush the Elder received criticism for saying that he hated brussels sprouts.

[@stayclosetothevine]

Ivan Rorick ... It was broccoli

[@watzrname]

Mary-Ann Fairhurst yep, it was broccoli.🌺

[@0u73rh34v3n]

My vocab just shot through the roof!

[@thegreathadoken6808]

I too feel a personal conviction that my lexicabularious tendecies have attained a new plateau of competence of late. Furthermore, my orative progression displays scant sign of satiety as long as Mr Rees-Mogg is presented on the gogglebox!

[@jeannebouwman1970]

The Great Hadoken lexiconic, synonymus to vocabularious. Either, not both

[@Peripicchio]

Any politician that is bold enough to mention the Empress of Blandings in a speech would have my vote!

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

He's so articulate it's great.

[@jamesbird6103]

Articulate doesnt means right. He ist a catholic and belives Jesus is god. Foolish man!

[@aliveli-hq6zk]

@@jamesbird6103 haha

[@scdobserver835]

Silly woman MP tries to clogg the Mogg and instantly regrets it.

[@Quinefan]

Can't clog the Mogg

[@alanthe2]

“We like a few chips on the side...” HEAR HEAR HEAR

[@abbamanic]

His speeches are amazing and his eloquence wonderful! Worth seeking out on You Tube.

[@loveulez]

You have appalling taste.

[@paulh7360]

Trance State he's a Tit!

[@fred3655]

Paul H The sort of articulation you expect from Mogg haters

[@oscargold1554]

@@loveulez Better than no taste, aye socialist?

[@Viktor-wn2ch]

20 minutes of top trolling.

[@ChicagoDB]

I'm an American...but must say, the gentleman is probably the most compelling, articulate and adept debater/orator and political figure I've ever witnessed. He and Nigel Farage both possess the remarkable ability to run circles around their opponents. He is brilliant...if more elected representatives were even remotely as knowledgeable and capable, government would serve us better.

[@Ruiner89]

Key words being "serve us" and not the other way round which so many people want in this country.

[@numbersix100]

Donn Baca I'm hoping Jacob will be our Prime Minister one day, he's clever, a consummate political heavyweight but most important of all a democrat who wants small government and sees parliaments role to represent the people. He'd also be very good on the world stage, I doubt he'd come up against anyone who wouldn't be impressed by him.

[@pr4442]

How an earth can you possibly argue that Rees-Smug´s shameful filibustering was characteristic of a "democrat". The origins of the word filibuster is filibutor, meaning "pirate". He used the antiquated parliamentary procedure to obstruct the house reaching a democratic decision. He deserves to be clapped in irons and forced to walk the plank.

[@psibomber]

Democracy is not majority or mob rule it gives a voice to the minority the point of filibustering is when 99% of people are wrong about something it gives the 1% time to delay and change their minds. All it does is delay and sometimes it fails, think about if most of the politicians were corrupt and taking bribes well the one good politician can stand up and delay, give attention about the issue to the people, normal people who aren't politicians, and maybe they'll decide to speak up too and put pressure on the other politicians to change their votes. Those politicians then might, as corrupt as they are, because they want the people's votes. Filibustering is still a tool for democracy.

[@psibomber]

Paul Richard watch Mr Smith goes to Washington it is a 1939 comedy about filibustering. You don't have to agree with Rees-Mog here but it may change your mind about calling every filibustering attempt shameful.

[@i_ludius]

I like to just put Rees-Mogg filibusters on in the background when I'm doing something else.

[@shuntyMcG]

This man is purely driven by his class and he embodies everything that is wrong with the social ladder in the UK. In his mind we all live in a Beatrice Potter book and the only thing keeping poor people poor is not having a stiff upper lip and the spirit of the blitz. The only spirit this man has is the spirit of inheritance

[@LewisSkeeter]

They'll never neuter the Mogg.

[@metrx330]

Lovely filibuster. He just went on and on and yet made sense. It wasn't just babble. Haha. You can't fight that. Well done JRM.

[@MrRavellon]

TomaszJohan HuntervdBerg yep, filibustering can be good or bad. It has to explain the reasoning for stopping the bill for passing to be good and the reasoning has to be good too. Mogg qualifies.

[@mayolicious69]

I think filibustering is bloody awful, debate someone properly, don't stand there wasting time

[@Law9652]

There's a standing order to stop speeches which repeat points and are irrelevant. Hence, he has to stay on point. It is not a waste; it means that further debate is spent on serious bills and not wasted on aspirations which won't go anywhere or don't mean anything, or doesn't have any practical value.

[@Daveyboyz1978]

He's overcome with the exuberance of his own verbosity. Excellent speaker.

[@Daveyboyz1978]

Indeed he diversifies into the vernacular with a particular eloquence which won't be surpassed barring unexpected & scarcely to be anticipated meteorological conditions prevailing in the infernal regions.

[@MultiCheeseLouise]

Aye, he's right good innit

[@dutch1641]

MultiCheeseLouise atleast you're understandable for a dumb farm boy like me, kek

[@Griffmeharder]

Disraeli

[@watkinscopicat]

Daveyboyz sounded like a load of old bloviating bullshit to me

[@jamesswanney8615]

"And I wont go on about Agincourt and Cressy Mr Deputy Speaker." Then continues about Agincourt and Cressy. The double act with the other Tory MP surely that was not pre-planned, and the polite giving way, knowing full well that it would eat up into the time. What a Master of filibustering JRM truly astounding what a genius, I could go on but first let me mention ................... oh dear I'm doing it myself now!

[@pablowoods9886]

Whether they be cauliflower or cabbages, whether it spinach or marrows...

[@thegovnor6526]

That's how you filibuster, with style and panache. Gotta love the moggster!

[@Maxibo234]

The Gov'nor yeah, fuck democracy

[@shuvellmum1424]

He is right to query this bill, food, farming practice etc shouldn't be a bureaucratic process it's too important

[@sithdoestat4432]

meanwhile, in the EU (an undemocratic superstate)

[@Tonyisnotonfire]

sithdoes tat meanwhile in the UK with the unelected House of Lords.

[@davidweihe6052]

As an American, my comment is : THAT is a filibuster? We don't call it one until after the third hour, and some have gone on for over 24 hours. Of course, in the Senate there is no rule that the person with the floor speak on point to the matter, merely that he stand and speak (unless he yields part of his time to opposing questions or support from his side of the aisle). In one of the great filibusters, the man with the floor read into the Record as many as thirty pages from a fishing book. The debate in the House of Representatives is entirely different since there are 400+ members that might want to speak. Time slices are assigned by each party's leadership, and monitored closely. No chance to filibuster, there.

[@Youngblood1934]

You are watching a man with an eidetic memory and who is genius. I am sure his abilities disturb some, especially when he knows the material better than the ones who wrote it. His passive aggression is delightful unless you are on the receiving end. Be prepared to challenge, if you want to......but be forewarned that Mr. Rees-Mogg May have you only opening your mouth to change feet. I for one, adore him!!

[@garyreynolds5733]

But, and mean this is a big 'but', he tells lie after lie after lie. Not a problem?

[@davidjames3080]

​@@garyreynolds5733 If you can find me a politician who has told no lies then you haven't looked at him hard enough. I've not seen Mogg tell any outright lies (perhaps you can give some examples?) but if he has had cause to use a terminological inexactitude then I'm sure he did it with style. I, for one, am fed up with politicians whose idea of debate is to completely evade the issue and to resort to name calling. I want the leaders of our country to be (a) more educated and intelligent than me (b) more educated and intelligent than the opposition and (c) able to debate or hold discussions with world leaders or leaders of industry without being intimidated. The fact that he is entertaining to watch is a bonus.

[@MrCrashDavi]

Probably shouldn't be in politics then.

[@chooselife3000]

Jacob Rees Mogg is my number one favourite politician, he is a brilliant legend. My other favourite politicians as well as Jacob Rees Mogg are also: Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Margaret Thatcher (RIP) and the most wonderous author of the outstandingly brilliant Rivers Of Blood Speech, such foresight, the best political speech EVER.

[@herculeholmes504]

Nigel Farage is not to be trusted. I'm going to hate on him as some people have in their eager to defend Gerard Batten, but he's not the Man of the People he pretends to be.

[@katharinedavis4947]

Enoch Powell. And i would add Tony Wedgewood Benn, ( not his son ) . Tony was a Lord who renounced his title to sit in the commons and tried to get us iut of the eu. K

[@jamesbird6103]

So you are a right wing nationalist!

[@DavidSternburgYt]

"Most people dont like vegetables" , "here, here"

[@MrEdrftgyuji]

Jacob Rees Mogg did not choose the thug life The thug life chose Jacob Rees Mogg

[@Racing_Fox413]

MrEdrftgyuji I think you’ll find it was his valet who chose the thug life for him

[@kapitankapital6580]

There is nothing wrong with reciting poetry, better than the constant sneering and yelling that normally goes on in there.

[@pterodactylx3100]

Correct - Mogg came across a lot better than the sour faced woman

[@oo-mu1cu]

Having said that mogg is an arrogant,condescending person himself no matter how intellectual he is

[@ok-sp9xf]

@@oo-mu1cu If that’s your definition of condescending… ur hopeless

[@ciamarrajohn]

only a liberal, or one with equally dry humor couldn't find him amusing

[@bytheburnside7539]

Weston Dennis I'm a liberal and I fucking love him

[@Jpegdream]

By The Burnside I’m also a classical liberal and I think we need Mogg for PM to restore British political values and traditions of free speech and rid ourselves of this increasingly toxic progressive movement taking over mainstream media and universities.

[@cons4943]

'Funny' does not equal 'good at leadership', as proven by David Cameron

[@jaredbowhay-pringle1460]

Are you suggesting Cameron was a good leader?

[@Biefbacon]

Traditions of free speech? The UK has never had robust free speech laws. I'm a liberal, and I think Rees-Mogg is a cunt. He's endearing, sure, but he's got the same shitty politics as the rest of his Tory friends. I don't want to be amused by our politicians. I don't want my prime minister to be a walking fucking meme. Mogg is a caricature. I don't see his appeal.

[@mrbigkmurray]

why have so few people come in on this day?

[@lucaf3983]

mrbigkmurray because parliament only sits fully at the opening and closing of the Parliament (especially in the house of Representatives) or for the voting. this is because the first and second reading of a bill is simply talking about it. until the voting comes along (the third reading) there is no point in being in Parliament as no voting is going on, so unless you're particularly attached to a bill, you usual aren't in Parliament, rather you are in meetings or committes or such. lastly, the house of Representatives/commons in Warminster based nations are executive controlled, so the government is formed from the majority party of this lower house. thus the is very little debate because people simply vote along party lines and the government can get through what it wants. the real opposition happens in a hostile HOL or a hung house of Representatives/commons

[@dippy2k839]

Luca F the government is formed from who the queen invites for form a government. You vote for local politicians not PMs. The queen decides not who ever has the most support in the house. She could make Darren Jones the prime minster if she wanted. We don’t vote for a government just a member of parliament to represent. The queen runs the country but because she’s busy with horses and corgis and other pointless things she gives it to a politician and that politician now the PM is also busy running main issues that they can’t work on things like schools do someone is added to the government to do that. And they’re busy with decisions so they give some of their duties to other people. It’s basically a pyramid scheme

[@leahsilk1642]

I'm glad Jacob is being appreciated... he's saving people from a lot of socialist sht.

[@numbersix100]

Jacob working for his constituents as usual.

[@peternewton7243]

Hugh Jones !

[@MrJohndory111]

yep, the rich ones

[@encalica853]

Yes, his fellow Etonian rich boys

[@WeAreWafc]

Encalica - Don’t they deserve to be represented too? 🤔

[@encalica853]

Yes, but only as much as any other person

[@grahamj194]

Rees-Mogg. By some distance the greatest orator in modern politics.

[@grahamj194]

Curtis . Takes one to know one I suppose.

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

Because he is....

[@loveulez]

Only morons are impressed.

[@fred-xb6dr]

Sorry, who the fuck are you, loser.

[@fred-xb6dr]

Yet he's an MP, ya muppet !

[@gnupf]

He is there when it matters for his constituents. Objective, informed, dedicated, extremely well mannered, polite and fair. In all of it never too verbose but focused and committed to the subject matter.

[@davidlloyd8374]

gnupf + great comment needs to be in higher office PM

[@PinkBroBlueRope]

This man is an absolute pleasure to listen to

[@simonschreyer4559]

When I was a child... I had grey hair, glasses, and I read the Finacial Times twice a day. I also recalculated my mother's household​ expenses and told her off whenever she bought half a pint of milk too many.

[@adamdrewry5254]

How many farmers in somerset wouldnt vote for him? He seems to have their backs.

[@bigpete4227]

He does exactly the same job as his opponent but does it with so much more style than her harridan like shrieking.

[@janicecargan7124]

I could listen to him all day, such an educated man......

[@EtcEtcAndEtc]

educated beyond his intelligence.

[@davidmarshall3683]

He's stalling by rambling about really loosely connected things.

[@ceo8677]

Doug Joseph I’m sorry you couldn’t afford eton sir it has come to my attention that the lefties seems to lump any upper class being or anyone with a posh accent into an aristocracy which is insufferable

[@cmvalim2778]

This man has more IQ and integrity that all 8 billion other humans, haha, I’m from a council estate in n.e Scotland. This guy is why Morayshire is Tory. Long live JRM.

[@Hebbs]

Cup of tea personified

[@adamm2091]

14:32 Mogg with the gentlemanly skull crack.

[@matthewbutterfield7233]

I just love how she had no response at the end other than to blame the system because JRM had proved the whole bill to be nothing but interfering bureaucratic nonsense that destroys British Farmers.

[@ShoebAhmedShaik]

My inspiration for oratory and politics

[@sharsasuke01]

Same here.

[@Lazyguy22]

Unoriginal banality hidden under a handful of ten-guinea words?

[@therealcaliphbaghdad1357]

Jacob for PM

[@elaynekingston8802]

So articulate and precise. Just watch him talk on Brexit - Common Sense Politics, he simplifies it so well and succinctly.

[@kaycamille1544]

If you were marooned on a desert island you could do no better than having jacob as company

[@beardyface8492]

Presupposing you had supplies & shelter, and what you wanted was conversation, you have a point. He wouldn't be my first choice if I needed to build a shelter & hunt & gather said supplies though.

[@Ericbryanmr]

"Night soil" that's a new one.

[@katharinedavis4947]

Actually its the old term . K

[@ekmad]

Just an FYI for anyone in the UK it's not "filibustering" it's "talking out". As in "to talk a bill out"

[@jesusisking586]

Jakes is absolutely brilliant & a true patriot. Either him or Boris needs to be Prime Minister!!

[@ViaMirage]

I’m not British, and have never lived in the UK, but I love this guy. I feel like Colin Firth was inspired by Rees-Mogg for some of his roles 😆

[@get2rog]

...Is this politics or pantomime

[@HeWhoLaugths]

I thought that was what politics was?

[@t814]

get2rog #Torypolitics it's all a big joke to them. Watch a PMQ on poverty or homelessness. Apparently it's hilarious. #VoteLabour

[@HeWhoLaugths]

Ha! And you think Labour's any different?

[@aneesniazi7918]

Yup, Labour are the only answer.

[@PiousMoltar]

Same thing

[@welch6980]

I love this guy. Metaphorically speaking of course.

[@pix046]

I think you mean you love him but not in the biblical sense or that you love him platonically. This is what you mean, I think.

[@spytube7373]

Bryn Webster so you know how much firefighters earn?

[@piper51786]

A week ago he never even knew Jacob was even alive.

[@pizzazzincorporated4583]

Not that there’s anything wrong with that....

[@elbestione7010]

Sir Jacob Rees-Moog is a great British gentleman who has huge amount of talents. And a real true British accent à la Shakespeare. He could act dramas and comedies in a royal theatre, even better than tenors and sopranos. Furthermore he is elected by his people of his constituency.

[@200swilson]

He’s not a knight of the realm. Just Jacob Rees-Mogg. I can also guarantee that Shakespeare, a working class man from Warwickshire, did not speak like this upper class man (Rees-Mogg’s father is a lord). Stop talking nonsense.

[@elbestione7010]

@@200swilson The Sir title was meant to be IRONICAL. Although he is a real knight for his party.

[@QueenJneeuQ]

Yes it's admirable to not give a fuck about the environment, the comment section is awful just as usual.

[@shaun__3]

Couldnt believe the comment section when I scrolled down, its a shame how politics devolves into time wasting instead of discussing issues.

[@evesapple]

I respect Jacob Rees Mogg's intelligence and love for country, not to mention I enjoy the fact its like he's emerged from a time capsule buried in 1954, but I agree he is definitely not outside the remit of criticism. His dismissal of environmental issues and welfare is one of my main issues with him.

[@arthurlewis9193]

Strangely that's the thing I like most about him.

[@Dr.Schrutes]

Just cause a bill has a nice name doesn't mean it will be good for the environment. When it comes to the level of quality of food I think it's important to have a debate.

[@benkai343434]

Did you even read the bill or are you just upset that something with a nice name was rejected? You sound like the sort of person who'd happily pay to eat literal garbage if the packaging was nice enough.

[@homersimpson8561]

"We know what Ulster says when it doesn't want to do something"

[@shmookins]

I just hope that Mr. Rees-Mogg never turns evil for he will be unstoppable.

[@Formula1Madx]

Shadow Heart Too late 😨

[@marksadventures3889]

How on Earth did she get her seat in the house? Who wrote that bill? I've seen children's mock exam papers better written that failed a pass. It was terrible! F.

[@TheRightHonRai]

This guy is a legend. Jacob never fails to make my laugh and remind me why I'm so proud to be her majesty's subject.

[@PiousMoltar]

He makes me laugh alright...

[@garyreynolds5733]

subject of an unelected head of state. please.

[@serbanandreimarin5988]

@@garyreynolds5733 Oh my God...... This isn't the 70's, curbstomp your hatred of the royals

[@garyreynolds5733]

​@@serbanandreimarin5988 Hate is your word, not mine. Never hated the royals. Just think the notion is dumbfounding.

[@serbanandreimarin5988]

@@garyreynolds5733 It certainly didn't sound like you are merely dumbfounded And why shouldn't they be?.....They are most useful in a number of areas

[@ageofechochambers9469]

The gentleman troll

[@StuartCullen]

"Just a minute" audition

[@templarknight5557]

Pure gold. I hope this man becomes our PM.

[@davida6806]

I love listening to Mogg speak...😁 He does it so elegantly and weilds the English language with a might that only our languages vocabulary can achieve in a way that is so scarcely seen today. He reminds me of what the British empire days must've been like, and sir Winston Churchill who also spoke in a very similar way. I further admire his stance on the Brexit position and support him all the way. He would make a damn good prime minister that's all I can say !!!😁

[@joshuanewland7505]

Haha, top trolling.

[@MusketWalrus]

Joshua Newland He's taken shitposting to a new level

[@Lazyguy22]

Is that really what we want the House of Commons to be?

[@L2ggs]

Yes, now stfu, he's doing it 100x better than you ever would

[@ClassicHolic]

Damn, we never got to hear what George Bush Senior got into trouble about!

[@ivanrorick]

He was probably talking about a dumb controversy here in America when Bush Sr was criticized for saying that he hated Brussels sprouts.

[@1982axon]

Rees-Mogg is a legend. Eloquent, witty and sincere, and despite the filibustering, makes a very important point of principle.

[@daveharris8115]

Love this guy, would vote for him as PM every day of the week, and twice on a Sunday.

[@lolar6085]

I'm not english but I listened the whole video. This man knows his work and how to argue with lost of sense. Love it

[@GamingGod72]

I can confirm as an Ulsterman, that No! means No!

[@johnfkennedy261]

The medieval idiot was copying me sleeping in my car during work...

[@janwood3885]

I know after listening to him - I will check out the french subsidies for their crops. I know we pay 4 countries subsidies for not having any live stock... it all seems complex especially after I took a look at Irish farming subsidies which do not favour small farming concerns, yet pay out hundreds of thousands to certain farming businesses?

[@Dehzee]

They pay farmers in other countries to not keep animals?

[@SenpaiTorpidDOW]

Yes, it's much like fairtrade. Essentially you pump money into one select small group to get their benefit. Let them rise up and make money. They then fund you back in return. What happens though is that the greater economy - all those you fail to fund, start to lose out as they cannot compete. They wither. And thus average income level, produce and tax returns in the economy fall. But you get an extra, powerful, lobbyist to support you agenda. The EU has been doing it for years. It is no good for small independent farmers here in the EU. It keeps our average wage slightly down, only benefiting the management at the top of the larger firms and the EU administration itself who is paid lots to keep the agenda going. It also stunted the growth of the world economy through so heavily subsidising domestic produce that is noncompetitive and of no greater quality compared to African foodstuff. We pay the same, if not more for worse quality food AND all the money stays in the EU rather than going out to African where the money would have more -real- return in terms of investment into the economy resulting in %GDP increases. TL;DR if we bought more from Africa it would develop faster, produce more and global food prices would fall. As would our own. Yet they don't do that. Because they aren't altruistic. They don't care about global citizens or EU ones. They wanna maintain their power in the short term to push a political, non-economic agenda. Vile. It's the same reason the EU bans the importation of foreign genetically modified food as well as heavily regulating what GMOs can be produced in the EU. NO, it is not because it is unhealthy. That's, pseudo-scientific hippy nonsense and they are used all over the US. It is because the US is the primary producer of such and the EU wants to benefit a select few in its own countries. Disgusting because it reduces global crop usage and makes EU food more expensive. It has gone -well beyond- the initial free trade area it was set up to be.

[@juzzlookin]

@@SenpaiTorpidDOW and that's just the tip of the iceberg sir. I believe though, that is all part of the EU plan to run the UK into the ground whilst making all the present and past leaders multimillionaire. If the last 30 odd yrs is anything to go by, they're almost there.

[@electronicmail4richard371]

A politician above politicians ....he's truly a 'class act'

[@michaellamont2605]

Please please please let Mog be Prime minister!!! This Man is The Man! Balls AND Maners AND culture!

[@Joseph-uo3mx]

How big was his mug?

[@kennethparkinson4180]

Rees moggy absolutely brilliant, sounds like and probably is a snob , but could listen to him all day' if had the time.

[@Maxibo234]

ken parkinson feels so good to watch the privileged shit on our democratic process

[@winnington6923]

ken parkinson sounds like one but he's actually very laid back with people from all backgrounds. look into him more

[@traceylok675]

He is the least snob you'd ever meet. :)

[@big_pingu]

Hes not a snob, he is upper class and proud of it.

[@oscargold1554]

Knows his place and himself, unlike the leftists fools.

[@ciaran3884]

Why'd they choose May and not this Guy as the PM.

[@beardyface8492]

Because they wanted a stitch-up that kept us in the EU whilst making it appear that we'd left.

[@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood]

Mr Speaker, as a child I had a 6 foot tall mug with the following verses from the Iliad in size 4 font...

[@mikeridewood1241]

Jacob the next PM

[@Fred-fl2fo]

Yes the first time I saw him speak I thought to myself. WOW.

[@StraitKnopfler]

I thought Rees-Mogg was better than this. Just because you personally disagree with a bill doesn't mean you should think you have the right to personally veto it. Filibustering doesn't just prevent a bill passing, it prevents a VOTE. A vote is the fairest and most democratic method of deciding what passes into law, and no one person should be able veto it - let the decision fall to the majority to decide, not some gasbag who wants to talk for hours. Why should one person be able to veto legislature when 99% of other people in the room may have supported it? It makes a mockery of private members' bills. Rees-Mogg presents himself as a gentleman, beyond such skulduggery, and even though I'm not a Tory I admit I was fooled into thinking he was. By the way, the content of the bill is irrelevant, I don't necessarily agree with it either, it's the principle. It's time filibustering was banned.

[@stephencarter8343]

Just because you personally disagree with fillibustering doesn't make it wrong. These things work both ways champ.

[@willmartin1033]

If a bill of any importance came before the commons, a democratic body voted for by the people, no one person would be allowed to filibuster it. That's why it doesn't happen in important debates or votes. The reason this bill was filibustered is because the elected government sanctioned one of it's MP's to do so because it wasn't worth the commons' time debating and voting on something so ideological and self serving. In this case a democratic tool, accepted across the world, was used to prevent such nonsense from progressing. It is worth noting that the vast majority of EU law that has made it on to the statute book has been waved through our parliament without a vote or even debate.

[@sideshowbob3388]

Alan Garner Then who decides what is not important and what is? And when a bill is borderline important, one person has the power to block it. My point being, that one person should never have this power in a democratic system.

[@StraitKnopfler]

Stephen Carter: And just because it is possible under the current system doesn't make it right, that's why the system can be changed. Alan Garner: You are drawing a false equivalence between government policy and what is 'important'. There are plenty of highly important issues that for ideological reasons a government would choose to not introduce legislature on. The reason PMBs need to exist is not for introducing 'unimportant' legislature but as a check against the Cabinet not working in the national interest over a particular issue. But it cannot fill that function if a single member can talk a bill out. The fact that the house is democratically elected is exactly the point. All legislature introduced to the house should be voted on by every member of the Commons. Why should a single member, the MP for North East Somerset, deny every other MP, democratically elected by their constituents, a voice? The fact that 1 MP can render the other 649 of 650 democratically-elected representatives entirely powerless is undemocratic. Here's a hypothetical scenario from an alternate universe. The British people voted to leave the EU, but David Cameron didn't step down. Cameron believes that introducing legislation on triggering Article 50 would be too dangerous to the stability of his leadership, and therefore chooses to avoid the issue and forget it ever happened. He says something to the effect of that it was never a binding referendum, it was 'advisory' and he is choosing to ignore it. David Davis argues in the Commons that the public had their say and that needs to be respected, and introduces a PMB on triggering Article 50. Almost every backbencher agrees with Davis and it looks like it will pass by a huge margin in a massive embarrassment for Cameron. Ken Clarke takes matters into his own hands by talking for hours, until he talks the bill out, to jeers and boos from almost every MP around him. Incidentally I'd rather the UK hadn't chosen to leave the EU - but my question to you is this: Strictly as a matter of principle, is this a scenario that should be possible in a house where every representative has been elected by the public? Sideshow Bob: I completely agree.

[@willmartin1033]

"Who decides what's important and what isn't?" The people we vote into office on our behalf...it's called parliamentary democracy. If one of our elected politicians filibustered a piece of legislation that everyone in parliament could see was genuinely important then parliamentary instruments can be used to beat the filibuster. This political tool is used in just about every democracy around the world for precisely this reason, when an ideologue attempts to introduce legislation that serves their activist cause rather than the interests of their constituents. Sadly it hasn't succeeded in holding back that tide in recent times. Again I'd like to point out that almost all EU law that is passed into British statute happens without any debate. If you are genuinely outraged by lack of democratic accountability may I suggest that the majority of the laws that rule us coming from unelected and unimpeachable commissioners and waved through an elected body with zero debate is far more worthy of that outrage.

[@crazynighthawk]

I would never want Jacob anywhere near power as I disagree with the majority of his politics BUT, he needs to have a prominant place on the front bench purely for entertainment purposes. He is so poetic and it'd make a refreshing change from the childish tit for tat that currently goes on. Him and Dennis Skinner are two of the most interesting men in the house.

[@michaeloulton8296]

What of the eurosausage? Yes Minister...

[@seychellesyuri]

I love how he naturally embodies the stereotypical aristocrat politician. One fine specimen, for some reason I can't dislike such a fine gentleman.

[@ackgeezer]

Lord Aaeru Vonikur the Third He’s not an aristocrat. Only sounds like one.

[@jjdillon23]

The Mogg Strikes!

[@iratepirate3896]

The modern Cicero.

[@commandert5]

I love that they have to debate on whether or not to adjourn.

[@wewliusevola]

Can't believe he actually came to my college!

[@tinnedtuna8242]

A banker and a supporter of zero hours contracts.

[@antonydandrea]

What is the point of these debates with like 5 people

[@Earthwatcher57]

The Geoffrey Boycott of Parliament.

[@WhatAHorribleNight]

What else can you say? Can't clogg the Mogg.

[@Quinefan]

Lordgigglestein He is uncloggable.

[@MsShamisai]

Where can I get some Somerset chicken and eggs?

[@TheJmp1966]

Just a wild guess, but how about Somerset?

[@Cam-dn9ed]

Did I just sit through about a minute of a MP advertising Somerset food?

[@elainekerslake6865]

For all the good he's done....he might as well stayed on that bench.