Jacob-Rees Mogg in South Shields - painting the town blue?

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[@bobdus3242]

No matter what your political views are, you've got to admit Mogg has some balls walking into a hard line labour constituency and then going into a working class pub with a big Tory badge on

[@leytonjay]

... it's his face, his height and his clothes that make him stick out the most. Might as well have rode in on a horse wearing a top hat shouting "what-ho!".

[@bobdus3242]

Leyton Jay yeah exactly, the guy certainly has guts

[@hatchardable]

Well done. Further ostracise people from the left by acting like an angry little child like most do. Bravo

[@nathanoutput710]

Yeah he's got some bottle that pub looked like it was about to kick off at any given moment. What a hero 👍🏻

[@westhamtube]

Kekistani nationalist well said my friend

[@GingerJoberton]

Please make this into a series. Jacob-Rees Mogg visits places

[@RealityCheck6T9]

GingerJoberton And doesn't give a fuck while being posh

[@EvenWaysMusic]

GingerJoberton "Jacob Rees-Mogg visits places" hahahaha xD id watch that lmao

[@bim-ska-la-bim4433]

Shell Shocked Shithead ...people like you are the problem

[@iratepirate3896]

Jacob Rees-Mogg visits Mosul. Jacob Rees-Mogg visits Berkeley. Jacob Rees-Mogg visits Hull. Jacob Rees-Mogg visits Brussels.

[@iratepirate3896]

Mogg doesn't need to pay for it.

[@gregmaac]

Politics should be a mandatory subject in school half the people in Britain don't have a fucking clue

[@vulpesinculta3238]

Precisely the half that votes Lâbêh

[@Zazer99541]

+Vulpes Inculta And if we had politics in school you might not be repeating the propaganda of the right wing press

[@Zazer99541]

***** There really isn't much of a left wing press anymore

[@snowflakemelter1172]

knowing the number lefty teachers we have that would be a disaster.

[@jalpaca1264]

Our politics class share the same view!

[@Adrian_96]

“Ultimately, the Tories could replace the Labour Party.” Five years later and it comes true in many places like this.

[@xm3405]

South Shields is still Labour.

[@Adrian_96]

xm3 I know, I said places like this.

[@billsamuls7620]

DIANNE ABBOTT CALLING BINGO ALL THE THREES TWENTY TWO

[@r.8995]

Adrian1996 ultimately the tories will never replace Labour. The tories are poler opposite to Labour. Just wait until Labour falls back into favour with Scotland then they will be back in force

[@freddodd9234]

Caveman 😂😂😂😂

[@Adam-lz8oo]

I've never seen him and Louie Theroux in the same room...

[@lydiarodgers]

that's a real insult to louis

[@LCNfootsoldier]

Lydia Nope, that’s a compliment

[@DL-cb8bh]

Looks nothing like him

[@williamjones6825]

How dare you say Louis and this mogul head in the same sentence

[@nardinit]

I haven't seen him in the same room as Johnny Sins but that doesn't mean much, does it....

[@liamblackman63]

Don't you just love it when a posh Oxford style boy meets chavs haha brilliant

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

It's entertainment, and certainly a novel approach but I think a bit silly to send someone like him in a different class with absolutely nothing in common with these people and probably the type of person who reinforces the stereo-type image of Conservatives being the party of the rich. They'd be better off sending MP's from other working class areas and backgrounds, and showing data on historical performance of Labour v Conservative in their constituency.

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

Nick Nack True. The community there is mixed and some clearly support Conservatives and other parties, but they're definitely a minority. He was going on an exploration mission with an open mind I guess to find out why. However, the demographics and history of the place tells you everything you need to know and what you're up against, on paper really. I think it was more a news publicity stunt, or PR exercise by the Conservatives. This guy to his credit though, is trying to involve ordinary working class people more in politics all the time with his TV appearances etc, and wants people to be more involved in the running of the country, which is definitely a good thing in the age of social media where voters should have more involvement and say in how things are run. Labour only show up when they want your vote. Then are happy for you to remain silent and let them take all the decisions.

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

Nick Nack Me either, they leaflet my area but that's all, they don't bother knocking the door. UKIP and Lib Dem are consistent in that they do knock doors. Labour has the mentality of bloc votes I think. They just roll out the map, and do it in a very calculated math way. They know they have areas of the country like South Shields which they're totally safe, generations of Labour supporters, and so they don't bother going there. that's a bloc vote.. then there's the minority votes, LGBT and ethnic minorities, particularly the large Muslim bloc vote, Labour relies on. Once they counted all these bloc votes up and tested their popularity in those, they then focus their efforts on swing areas and/or getting a high turnout, plus some election fraud of course. I despise the party, I really do, and everything they stand for. They do not stand for the "working person" it's a myth that's been perpetuated around Labour. They're only generous on welfare and maintaining a large welfare State. That's not the answer though, it hasn't worked and has turned the country into a magnet for migrants. Just like giving large donations of cash to regimes in Africa isn't going to solve the poverty there without real work on the ground, education and investment in economically active people. Labour is the worse of all political parties for bad governance if you look at their history. Some of their mistakes and decisions have been of epic proportions that no competent small company would do, let alone a government. Like Brown selling a third of the UK's gold reserve at the start of a recession, to buy Euro's a currency we never would have. The Lisbon Treaty signing, surrendering British sovereignty and trade power to Brussels and costing the UK hundreds of billions over the years. And what do we have to show for it? Then there's the Iraq-Afghan war under Blair. Mass immigration under Blair too. The list goes on and on. You can go right back to 1947 and the Immigration Act granting British nationality and residency to the entire Commonwealth, over 1.6 billion people back then. That was Labour's decision. The 1970's energy crisis and rapid economic and industrial decline of Britain happened also at Labour's peak of their power when they had nearly every industry State nationalized still. They couldn't run a single one profitably.

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

Nick Nack Uuugh yes. You can spot the Labour guys in unions too..always the big wide-arm framed glasses and loud mouths lol. I had a run-in with one such guy who worked for Royal Mail not long before it was privatised. Had to school him in who pays his wages and how businesses work, he had the mindset the businesses serve Royal Mail and its some institution that can forever go on losing money unaccountable and having "Royal" in the name and being State-owned allows him and his ilk to talk to its customers like crap and play the big man. I paid £15k in postage that year with 4 consecutive price hikes, and the nerve of the guy!

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

Nick Nack Exactly!

[@jamesmckevitt123456]

*swears* “Oh okay that’s a blunt answer” 😂 hahaha

[@arnaudmeert1527]

She said "Because David Cameron shagged a pig"

[@batak6868]

Arnaud Meert thanks I couldn’t understand anything she was saying

[@debbieharry387]

wel its better thab dilly dallying around and using 1oo words and still getting no proper answer from someone as most politicians do

[@bensheldonrimington8674]

My sister is friends with that woman ✌ I live here

[@BuzziRus]

I love how polite he is, even when sworn at. Such grace

[@Emilysafe]

“People are so engrained”... well this hasn’t aged well

[@elizabethparnell4724]

Emily Jay not really, labour did still win South Shields

[@Eidein]

@@elizabethparnell4724 But the north in general, it still hasn't aged well

[@b00i00d]

Don't mistake spikes for trends!

[@MikeJohnson-ct6te]

turns out anti EU sentiment was further ingrained than voting labour.

[@nervousheadache]

It has.

[@rozaligreen527]

"And we need to cut taxes, you're absolutely right." 🤣

[@Nick_80599]

Cut taxes means less public services, I don't understand why English people find that difficult to understand and then they are crying about the NHS. 14 years of failure and its not completely obvious when you look at other countries. The way people live in the UK is depressing, the state of houses people rent, and victorian diseases like scurvy returning and schools collapsing with no real plan on fixing it despite being one of the richest countries in the world, there's no excuse for it

[@JoshuaMSP1995]

@@Nick_80599 The UK currently has the highest tax burden since the war. It's going great for public services...

[@beckyzwhite]

He’s got guts, I’ll say that for him.

[@johnlannikk2701]

Everyone has got guts

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

When Labour were in power they had their chances to do something, put it that way.

[@tomk6292]

@@magirusdeutzjupiter2234 they did do something, they called most of them racist for voting leave

[@tomellis4324]

He's got neck ill say that for him

[@ozman1976]

"ah okay thats a blunt answer" absolutely killed me

[@quacktac]

He's so aggressively polite.

[@biscuitsalive]

Quacktics are Go the best form of politeness. Fists and apologies. :)

[@hairyairey]

aggressively polite - the best kind of insult.

[@champchamp2841]

Kill them with kindness

[@JimboJammy]

The thing with mogg, he's incredibly whitty so he doesn't get frustrated and confused in a debate and thus is able to keep his cool. It's kinda adorable haha

[@Romulan2469]

It's like he's come via a time machine from 1945.

[@jamesstewart1728]

I should have added, he seems to treat everyone with respect , which sadly can't be said of some of the comments below.

[@seesidesummerhouse6112]

I'm not big on intersectionality, but it appears a lot of people are unfortunately. People see JRM and all they see is a posh white man and feel, with that knowledge alone, they know all they need about him. However he is exceptionally brilliant on economics, policy and administration.

[@dwayne_dibley]

the tories have always done a good job of being nice while being utter bastards at the same time. it's what they do

[@dwayne_dibley]

@@seesidesummerhouse6112 he only has a 2nd class degree so no he's not exceptionally brilliant in any way. He just had some money left him that's all.

[@anonymous-xy5ue]

To their face.

[@chevchillios4231]

It’s called putting on a front. Behind the smile and comfortable clothing is a man who ultimately doesn’t care about the public but more about his bank account. He’s an elitist which means he believes in the class system and if the class system stays in place we never be equal.

[@davidpierce2690]

5 years can change a lot in politics

[@mikelitorous5570]

Jacob Rees Mogg + King Street + South Shields Metty Station + Chavs. What more could you want?

[@quikbrik5617]

Brexit

[@thepluckybrit413]

Mighty Marouane Fellaini All the lads gannin on a metty mish

[@mikelitorous5570]

The Plucky Brit yes aye

[@bensheldonrimington8674]

That shields for you

[@jnf4101]

ur basically calling all working class chavs then im middle class but most of the people there were hardworking working class ex miners who have basically been persecuted by the conservative policies

[@eagleflies9515]

Rees Mogg vs 3 chavs: Clash of the Titans

[@onyxowl70]

XDDDDD

[@jibeneyto91]

I don't really understand the people who misuse the chance of talking to an MP like that, party being irrelevant. Education comes first, then ideology.

[@Benzknees]

You’re joking, almost nobody knows the policies of the various parties, let alone the long term consequences, and vote solely on the perception about what they stand for and self-interest. If the voters really knew the long term problems that have been building over decades, they wouldn’t vote for any of the established parties.

[@rael1999]

Oh so true Benzknees !

[@jollyscarecrow]

But if people used their brains we wouldnt need realist MP's like JRM to go out into the public and try talk to them :P

[@Writeous0ne]

trust me mate, having come from a council estate myself, the people from those places know very little about politics all together. my ex girlfriend never voted and her reason was "she doesn't want the government knowing where she lives". bear in mind that she pays taxes and her address is on her wage slips. she has a bank account etc.. a lot of it's due to ignorance

[@TyMarshall007]

I talk to my local MP back in 2012 he was Useless

[@PinkoPapist89]

This is the kind of thing all MPs should be doing: reaching out to those from wildly different classes and persuasions. Mogg does it brilliantly here, with humour and not an ounce of aloofness (despite his almost comically patrician background)

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

Why would a working or jobless class (I hate that word) person vote Tory? Tories work for bankers and the corporate elites.

[@brendanmarks5485]

He's a smart cookie

[@jeremysmith8035]

hes a fascist who ill have you picking fruit at 40p/hour while his nanny carries him to the poll

[@jeremysmith8035]

i this why i dont understand why the working class reads the sun, its for fascists who dont like real news

[@spanner4778]

Jeremy Smith fascists, really?

[@Chris.Magowan]

He is so very unbearably posh. If i were to make a caricature of a Tory from the 1800s, he'd be it.

[@maddie_1122]

What would the average Victorian butler think of this news? Well joining us now is Jacob Rees-Mogg

[@sdh6983]

As someone who has James Connelly as his profile picture and as a fellow republican, i would like to comment saying that I completely understand your views on "Tories" I dont think Jacob comes into this bracket, this is a religiously tolerant roman Catholic conservative mp, being conservative or Tory doesn't automatically mean you hate everyone who isn't rich that's the misconception, he challenges anti catholic bigotry within his own party, it never makes the news, he has antipathy towards other religions and sexualitites, he maybe posh, so what? If you had the money your kids would become posh by proxy wouldn't make you any more of a man, or your kids any less, dont judge a book by its cover, that's what your claiming and condemning others for doing

[@Chris.Magowan]

@@sdh6983 I appreciate the thought put into your reply. I wouldn't necessarily say that he's a bad person because of being rather wealthy and posh but rather that he's symptomatic of the ever present and worsening class divisions within the UK. I wouldn't dare say that he or every other Conservative party Etonian hated the working class, rather that their upbringing and position of power and wealth prevents them from understanding the needs and priorities of ordinary working people.

[@dwayne_dibley]

@@sdh6983 He's spoken out against abortion, yet invested in a company that developed an abortion pill. this man has no morals especially if discarding his morals makes him richer

[@clarkejosland56]

@@dwayne_dibley yeah but it's human nature only got to go back to Blair. Bombed a nation, now he's rebuilding it, With he's company. It's gonna take hundreds of years, before we learn. Look how far we have come since 1919!

[@slobiden.2593]

Here’s how I describe South Shields in one sentence. They stole their own defibrillator. It’s the only place I’ve seen that happen.

[@buckneighkidd419]

Just as a side bar DIY SOS turned up in West Bromwich and the locals nicked all the tools from there vans!

[@kellyparkes9087]

😂 😂 😂

[@portcullis5622]

My late father was a builder in North Yorkshire. In his final year, in 2022, aged 92, he was recalling tales from the jobs he had worked on. He shook his head sadly, in disbelief, as he recalled building a toilet block on a site for the local 'travelling commununity' (he wasn't quite so polite) back in the 1970s or 80s. It was paid for by the local authority, (ie taxpayers) of course, and he said that within a week of it being finished, all the copper pipes had been stolen!

[@WayneThompson93]

"Livening off tax payers money" after he's just been to collect his dole.

[@tombaines5956]

Pretty judgemental thing to say

[@solatiumz]

+Wayne Thompson The difference is a single male gets £73.10 per week, how much do the MPs get?

[@ragequit6869]

+solatiumz thats a single male over 25, under that its @ £52 ish a week. MP's get something like £400 a DAY just to turn up to parliament ontop of all the allowances + Salary.

[@solatiumz]

Rage Quit Indeed, I went for the higher just incase anyone mentioned it later, also MPs get back handers from big business to ask questions, get bills passed etc. The worst thing is us paying their mortgages.

[@elenamiklashevskaya3151]

The thing is Jacob Rees-Mogg denied to recieve any kind of wage as an MP

[@lessteel856]

I had to laugh at the three tracksuited locals complaining that MP's are a waste of tax payers money....... Mr Pot, meet Mr Kettle!

[@paulmrussell12]

Les steel Were they unemployed? How do you know that?

[@boxxer221]

paulmrussell12 Because they were walking around in the middle of the day, tracksuits, mindless political and racist opinions, all very good indicators of wasters and I guarantee at least one of them sell drugs.

[@Jc22222]

+boxxer221 People who wear tracksuits also have jobs and also have days off.

[@lycurgus7064]

+boxxer221 Have you heard of weekends did you not see the kids with their parents Jesus Christ

[@boxxer221]

Lycurgus Why argue, I can spot the type a mile off because I used to hang around with them when I was in my teens. Are you really going to tell me these guys are curing cancer during the week or something? Lets be real....

[@mrnatty122]

The days have long gone when Labour was the working mans party.

[@markmahabir6342]

Oh yeah so who is then, the Tories?? Are you watching the same video as everyone else!!??

[@llewbach77]

@@markmahabir6342 Labour has become the middle-class champagne socialist party since Tony Blair!.

[@martinjenkins5471]

Labour is good at getting brain washed idiots to vote for. Just lying to them about closing down the NSH. They want to keep them poor so they keep voting labour.labour sold out workers years ago for the migrant and far left greenie vote.

[@andrewf4623]

Mark Mahabir of course the Tories aren’t, but neither are Labour anymore. Corbyn would rather appeal to the middle class Glastonbury rich kids. Hence why a lot of the old traditional labour vote now feel “politically homeless” and will probably vote Brexit party.

[@aloadofbollocks988]

Labour is the party of foreigners and urbanites. It has abandoned the working class.

[@jimmyfallon1890]

3:20 "Their just living off the tax payers money" -- Dole heads in trackies

[@eddykelly4082]

Do you mean, "They're just living off the taxpayers money"? And you call them Chavs!

[@garrymackenzie309]

Yeah... and when was it last called the ‘dole’‽ I suppose it says something about the age of the commenter.

[@Xerrand]

@@garrymackenzie309 What does that even mean lol, also it's still called dole quite a lot.

[@nis5e]

The dole IS benefits, you sillies

[@thebffs9755]

They probably picked moggs pocket while he was talking to them!! 😂😂😂 Fucking chavs, too thick to realise there benefits come from the tax payer too! Don't worry, they're probably in prison at this stage......... Also at the taxpayers expense! 😂😂😂😂

[@nicholascaceres82]

I'm watching this in 2020, I am dying of laughter after hearing someone say "the north will never vote tory". Oh how the tables have turned.

[@Dylanesque]

Oh how the poor bast ards were conned!

[@mattwood1562]

Proud to say South Shields is still Labour though.

[@marksavage1108]

@@Dylanesque conned??? they voted tory for the first time ever, and its because for the first time ever that the labour party put 2 fingers up to its own voters. you cannot ignore the voters and even suggesting a second vote on the eu is clearly anti democratic. the politicians were told to do something, the only ones that were willing to follow the orders of the voters, got the voters backing.

[@townhillboy.8648]

Hey Nicholas. The north I.e the English north. Us Scots don’t vote for English nationalists bastards like this. SNP all the way.

[@ots1634]

Said north east

[@ap24101988]

This guy has me in stitches at least he has more bottle than most mp's to go into area where he isn't wanted

[@MarineAqua45]

ap24101988 Yes but he has grown up in a bubble. He’s never mixed with ordinary people, whilst growing up, unlike so many other MPs.

[@LDT7Y]

I suspect most people in the comments here are unaware of how private schools really are! Posh kids can be the worst when it comes to beatings, so I wouldn't let his accent fool you. I suspect he either knows how to handle himself in a fight or he at least has the skills to defend himself in one.

[@markmahabir6342]

I'm sure his minders were just out of sight of the camera.

[@markmahabir6342]

@BriBit ARe you f**king serious! Jacob Mike Tyson MOGG!! FFS!!! LOL!!

[@ThisIsEddieBear]

@@markmahabir6342 Mogg will F you up mate. Via charming his constituents pants off.

[@Haze94LDN]

This guy has a likable personality.

[@shameresign4678]

The man, the legend: Jacob Rees-Mogg.

[@constsancerees-mogg3185]

How can you say that Have you ever met him

[@ricoman486]

jason cooper why is he?

[@ricoman486]

XI IX yes because he's a catholic and does not want to force the church to do anything.

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

Rico Man in this country we don't discriminate against people because of their religious beliefs

[@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347]

If those religious beliefs infringe on the rights of others then they should not be tolerated.

[@helenamoniqueclarke8135]

The UK needs to innovate and educate its way into jobs that replace old manufacturing jobs.

[@shaundempsy645]

This is something we can do now we are not shackled by the EU

[@marksavage1108]

why not replace `````with`````` the manufacturing jobs? Only during the years in the eec/eu did we see declines in industry.

[@End-Result]

Not to sound workerist or “classist”, but the majority of respondents in this video make me feel incredibly proud to be working class. Big love to the people of South Shields.

[@Raymondo76862]

Everyone says they vote for labour but when you asked why they haven't got a clue

[@lukeguy6091]

No they didn't, most on the high street were bnp or ukip. This is why both main parties are moving further to the right. The ones whom stated they voted labour mentioned decline of industry, increased taxation, lack of opportunity, youth unemployment and poor understanding or empathy regarding the working classes. but we live in an age where you watched a video and then denied every statement made that didn't come from a tory.

[@joetaylor8602]

That’s just not true though is it. Everyone I know who votes labour knows exactly why, including myself.

[@marrxvw6905]

not really true is it

[@blorb2120]

@@joetaylor8602 it seems to be the other way around doesn't it, ask a tory why they vote for them and whatever they say usually ends up being bullshit..

[@willch.2259]

@@lukeguy6091 *who stated, don't overcomplicate it.

[@sadiaagha5175]

I can't decide whether this bloke's got massive bollocks or he's just not experienced enough to worry. Walking into a working man's pub with a Tory badge on? Brave!

[@mw01908]

It's because he knows that Conservatives are being unfairly percieved by voters in the area and with a little education and informing of the facts they could make their own informed choice if the Tories are really that bad instead of following the rest in the area who for some reason say Tories are bad.

[@LDT7Y]

He went to a posh school as a child. Posh kids are the most vicious! I imagine he had a lot of experience defending himself growing up. Have you heard of hazing?

[@Gilly1989]

My views may not fall in line with his, but I find it virtually impossible to dislike the man.

[@martinburkinshaw8799]

Felt the same, on the strength of the Jess Phillips film. He actually comes across alright, it pains me to say.

[@littleboots9800]

Oh Jesus! The Mogg calling the bingo! I'm actually dying!😂😂😂

[@dundermifflinity]

Quack quack

[@suburbenyobbo]

There plenty of things I struggle to agree with Jacob-Rees Mogg on but at least he sits down a talks to people and seems to listen. instead f the modern liberals who just preach and shout at you when you so much as suggest an even alternative to their proposals.

[@jameshogan6142]

That is a fair observation. He is polite and courteous even to those who disagree with him. A smile and good manners can carry you a long way.

[@354sd]

working class people re too right wing for the labour party but darent voice in public their hatred of labour party policies.

[@jackhooper2839]

labour needs to realign with the concerns of the working class instead of focusing on identity politics

[@Tonyisnotonfire]

Jack Hooper some of the concerns of the working class have been manufactured.

[@OdinMMA]

354sd speak for yourself you melt

[@patrickrichmond6531]

Too uneducated to vote labour you mean.

[@imnotgayyy8489]

PATRICK RICHMOND they don't work

[@realnoahsimpson]

send Corbyn to a constituency that had never had a Labour MP that I would like to see

[@oliverqueen5883]

He’s gone lol

[@OdditiesandRarities]

wow he's old fashioned! The accent and the 1940's music! Hes clearly gone from eton to oxford then to the 1940s

[@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood]

George Dunbar 1840’s

[@Valencetheshireman927]

Not a bad time period to be in ( excluding WW2 )

[@martinsanders1283]

The accent is his, but I doubt he has a 1940’s music sound track everywhere he goes, only on channel 4! However, that would be ace!! I’d have the theme from Shaft or the opening bars of Voodoo Chile as mine.

[@capedcrusaderbatman]

Jacob Rees mogg makes me sick

[@dangibsonmusic2291]

Its funny how just a few years on, much of the north east turned blue. Maybe Mogg's visit had a ripple effect 😅

[@iancarter5217]

Yep it’s crazy how effective lying to people is...

[@iancarter5217]

@zumtream finally someone making some sense!

[@otto_jk]

Get Gordon back, he's ALIVE

[@alisonsmith4801]

Funny that South Shields stayed Labour, and after the mess Boris has made of everything from Brexit to Covid, the few places that turned blue in the Red Wall will return back to red.

[@raitisfreimanis]

6:47 "It's David's den number ten!".

[@suburbenyobbo]

It would be nice for people to be reminded that the Labour government form 1966 to 1970 did an enormous amount of damage to UK manufacturing industries through the industrial reorganisation corporation.

[@michaeleverest7631]

David Camerons a ..... well thats a blunt answer LOL

[@User58747]

When he opens his mouth, one instinctively flinches, but when one listens to what he actually says, one can't help but warm to him. I like him, and I have been traditionally labour all my life!

[@davidalexander5405]

How can anyone warm to this person. He lives in the 19th century re work values

[@elvissimpson9060]

He's a villain and you're a prat

[@iby914]

If JRM ever fails as a politician he's got great prospects for being a stand up comedian!

[@SuperFerdie1965]

Can't imagine him saying "Did you hear the one about the nun cycling down a fuckin cobbled street?"

[@williambaynes7654]

I was born in South Shields before the war. 1938 actually. In my youth there was work everywhere. From Ship building to Ship repair. There was Robsons Boat builders who built wooden lifeboats. A Reyrolle Electrical Switch Gear had 15,000 employees. 50’s and 60’s Barbour still make coats for royalty! There was 13 coal mines when I was a lad. Bede Trading Estate had many manufacturing factories! I was always a Tory but the Tory Party let us down! Thatcher for one! At one time there were so many boats in the river up to 4 in depth. So many you couldn’t see the water! Tory should hang it’s head in Shame!

[@NUFCOfficial]

There was chance for those people once the world modernised, unfortunately their local government hooked them up to benefits

[@jayveebloggs9057]

The world changed it's not the Tories fault what were they to do? BTW my Grandad worked at Reyrolles all of his life...

[@Sonicade]

In 1938, the UK was the 2nd largest economy in the world. I'm not surprised there was that much work available.

[@jax17.43]

The jewel of the tory party this man.

[@Wonmanbanned]

I don’t particulalry like Mogg per se. What is unusual is that he seems to tell the truth. You will get a relatively straight answer from him so at least you know what his opinion is. Even if every single thing you disagreed with him on at least you can know what he thinks.

[@lovelondon806]

So why don’t you like him?

[@marksavage1108]

the sad part of that is the word unusual, it shouldnt ever be unusual for a politician to be truthful.

[@thetoastedplum]

He’s very sharp it’s brilliant.

[@Aaronnt]

He's one of the few tories with his finger on the pulse of what is happening in Britain.

[@eoinenglish7659]

Yes...he can give the ordinary working man advice on how to best manage their multi-million hedge funds just like him! Salt of the earth...

[@olican101]

If he knew what the poor were going through he wouldn't be a Tory.

[@WCamden]

Oli Cansdale who would he represent ? Labour? Do me a favour lool

[@jamesduffy7549]

finger on the pulse? hes a walking antique, probably has to be told by nanny every morning that he can't ask for government funding for fucking witch burnings and longbows, finger on the pulse finger more like thumb in his own 16th century gob

[@sonicfoxxmusic4281]

Potentially the bravest man in Britain......and he's pulled of a bleeding miracle. If he's not Prime Minister within two years...i'll eat his suit!!!!!!

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

He will never be Prime Minister. He has popularity but not in that way. He's far too autocratic and eccentric to be a leader, not to mention his very Euroskeptic and Thatcherite leanings.. The Conservatives are a deeply divided party and it takes a tactful leader to bring that lot together. I think May has been lucky to manage it over Brexit, given the deep divisions over EU.

[@jxp]

SONIC FOXX MUSIC...(D.N.A... Developing New Artists) Fucking hell, he's on his way. Have you seen the polls for leader of the Conservatives ? Above Boris and Theresa

[@littlebignuts02]

SONIC FOXX MUSIC so you going to put his “suit where your mouth is?”

[@AutomaticDuck300]

Boris is looking more likely, sadly.

[@chubbychubbs5552]

I agree with you, hope

[@FurryAminal]

Cameron could learn so much from Rees-Mogg.

[@rickygrimshaw1255]

The moaning of life featuring Karl Pilkington and Jacob-Reas Mogg

[@khloewilce5912]

i'm a die hard labour supporter but i have to say i love how chill jacob is lol. he's so calm even when being insulted lol

[@dundermifflinity]

3:36 blowing smoke directly in his face then calling Cameron a wanker 😂

[@andrewblythe3896]

Fucking hero

[@VanceRefrigeration]

He’s worth £150M and is a Tory MP. He’s not a man of the people 😂

[@wayneronnie7402]

Does an unemployed chav single mum represent you more? 😂

[@VanceRefrigeration]

@@wayneronnie7402 Financially, yes

[@simplicityadmin5720]

do you only feel representation by someones wealth?

[@thomasbarnes7088]

@@simplicityadmin5720 absolutely yes. He can't talk for the common person when he's anything but

[@HatlessMuffin]

None of them actually know why they hate parliament leaders, they just have issues I need to blame someone with a title.

[@kucingdterbakard3765]

They hate them bcos they've been neglected by any political parties since the 1970s

[@bazkid5739]

The issue is you could bet your life that hatlessmuffin has grew up more privileged than the average person

[@zahrahkhan5971]

Sadly this is the case for a lot of people in this country. Just following the crowd and they don't know why.

[@professorcalvert8126]

Because they’re self serving elitist parasites

[@fuddyduddy306]

They just throw in a few buzzwords from the front page of the Sun

[@RitchieRosson]

Will he finally lose his seat this coming election?

[@ricoman486]

Labour sadly isn't about the working class any more

[@Worminthetrenches]

Rico Man and the Tories are??

[@mayfieldnorris4280]

No one is anymore

[@JohnSmith-yl9en]

@@Worminthetrenches @ chuck norris UKIP is.

[@Worminthetrenches]

John Smith next joke, UKIP are in pieces and have only ever cared about scapegoating immigrants

[@BLUEGENE13]

hes such an old school aristocrat, i love him. He's like something out of a TV show.

[@donaldellis3609]

Yeah yes prime minister comes to mind. 🤭

[@InternetMameluq]

It's called a caricature.

[@BLUEGENE13]

@@InternetMameluq ive never heard that word once in my life can you explain

[@InternetMameluq]

@@BLUEGENE13 It's the French word for Character. In English, it means they're a cartoon character, usually of a real person. It also can mean that a satirical portrait.

[@khtjan7078]

This guy sounds like a medieval torturer.

[@crohvy8526]

gharga jan everyone does round here man

[@josephsmith3133]

Labour are not working class they are the benefits class

[@mhl8396]

Brilliant the way he still engages with people he disagrees with. I saw a video the other day of Gordon Brown doing a speech, being heckled. The heckler was violently thrown out by Labour party officials.

[@andrew1984uk]

As someone who has lived in South Shields since birth, I would say that Labour are doing absolutely nothing to help the area - they know that they have a safe seat, so they don't need to try.

[@markmahabir6342]

Would you rather suffer under the Tories? You can be sure they'll do even less!

[@jibeneyto91]

3:00 - You Can't. That's the bottom line.

[@sanguinespirit2397]

Go on mog, appealing to the youth through the energetic activity that is bingo

[@paul67ism]

He really is a man of the people, isn't he?

[@serbanandreimarin]

@@evan2173 Yes, he is.....He represents an ever-increasing part of the electorate

[@alisonsmith4801]

Yeah I heard he applied for a council house in Shields, he declined the opulent 3 storey house on the Woodbine, no Nannys room.

[@whoflungdung1046]

I live just down the road in an old colliery village which has had labour MPs always and look what we have today NOTHING. Jacob Rees-Mogg is a good man and I wouldn't hesitate voting Tory if he was leader. He's a brave man too ganning ta shields on his Todd man lol

[@jalkfs7033]

“She’s a Tory and that’s worse than aids” is probably the best thing I’ve heard today.

[@klen4569]

@Kordell swoffer tories

[@alanthomas2064]

Yup! confirmed Mogster here! man's got class!

[@marimurphy3856]

All theses in government need gone the lot rich clowns 🤡 wasting tax payers money disgusting the lot off them.😡💯

[@alexashmore8125]

“What bothers you particularly?” “Everything”

[@harrycook1696]

I like Mogg he has a good personality and seems to genuinely care about ordinary people. He would make a decent PM

[@TheEx3rgj]

Love this guy, and I’m from Barnsley, ex labour now Tory.

[@redemptionwins]

You've been tricked by their charisma, the Tories just want your money

[@typashley5394]

So 2 of us have watched Jacob I think he's brilliant love to watch this guy.

[@billygriffiths1938]

good on him wouldn't get labour London mps anywhere near there

[@acerimmer1023]

Sounds like that dog was an excellent judge of character 🤣

As a full socialist and labour I must say it is a shame Jacob isn’t one. He could do so much good for poor people with this charisma of his.

[@JJ-te2pi]

Painting the town blue? Nope, fail. Never happened.

[@willcraggs9804]

J J to be honest Sedgefield, Stockton South, Bishop Auckland and Darlington could all go Tory and many more north east seats vote brexit in the next election if we haven’t left

[@TB-bw3hj]

J J that’s why mogg himself admitted he hadn’t and it would take a long time. What’s your point?

[@RayRJR]

Simon Tide Labour were re-elected in South Shields fella

[@seanie002]

Ray RJR huge shock 🙄

[@jackryan2135]

Best MP of any party by a long distance.

[@mickaparrish]

like him a lot, He is nice polite and intelligent, We could do with a LOT more like him

[@magzb2642]

This was 8 yrs ago and people were going hungry then according to a man there..

[@stucrawford6230]

Its good to see MPs travelling around the UK, Im sure they think the whole of the UK is like London.

[@JoshB333]

Could watch this guy for ages

[@cyberhermit1222]

I'm working class and from the north and this video confirms what I already know..there's some really thick people in Labour areas. They can barely give a reason why they vote Labour except for err errr bad Tories, Maggie Thatcher 1980's. Labour swamped working class areas with mass immigration and covered up Islamic child grooming.. as well as bailing out the rich bankers with taxpayers money and waging illegal wars...These ignorant voters do not read about the crimes of socialism. Many of them are patriotic but have no idea they're voting for marxists who despise Britain.

[@comprehensiveboycomprehens8786]

John Dinsky Yes John.

[@cameron148002]

John Dinsky The conservatives haven’t done much to reduce immigration either (not that I care about it too much ) and the bank bail out was something the Conservatives voted for

[@cameron148002]

John Dinsky So Tony Blair ,the guy who’s whole platform was about Labour moving away from being socialist to become a more centrist ,neoliberal party is a Marxist ??

[@TheSm1thers]

The Conservatives are fine with immigration too. You sound like a supporter of Britain First, not a Tory.

[@thewildlifelens]

If there’s proof,of time travel this man is it, direct from 1865

[@jcanyiam8309]

He is certainly more likeable and far more RELATABLE to the working-class people than Sunak. Sunak is allergic to working-class people!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Robbiewa-bg4lu]

I am working class Northern from Manchester and I like JRM.He is very much more in tune with the country and the working class despite everything.The Tories need a few more like him in order to start the task of turning these areas blue.

[@mkeii]

there is no one mogg wouldn't talk to, and no one he doesn't have time for, no one he wouldn't give due respect. he's truly a top lad.

[@Ian25tech]

When will the north east ever learn? The electorate need to vote for M Ps that are not just going to take them for granted. Labour are too comfortable here in the north!!

[@-BY205]

When he went there ?? 1866 ???? Looks like, hopeless

[@jambojambo313]

A real politician.

[@TheSpanielXD]

Jacob-Rees Mogg voting record: - Consistently voted against gay rights - 2 votes for, 7 votes against equality and human rights - Voted against investigations into the Iraq war - Consistently voted for reducing housing benefits for larger families - Voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people (who have spent a long time unemployed) - Almost always voted for the increase of VAT (contrary to this video) - Voted for raising the Undergraduate tuition fee to £9,000/year - Consistently voted for University tuition fees - Consistently voted for mass surveillance of people's communications and activities - Generally voted against measures combating climate change and yet - Consistently voted against raising taxes for individuals with an income of over 150k/year - Voted against a tax increase on larger properties (Mansion tax) - Voted against a banker's bonus tax

[@tanzeemahmed7196]

Spaniel SSSHHHH! Don't talk sense in this comment section. You'll be attacked by a senseless, overly-opinionated keyboard Nazi!

[@jw42uk]

I'm very conservative and I disagree with a lot of labours policies as well as tories too.. But firstly, how did you get all the information on what he's voted for? And second, I disagree with all that he's voted if that's right.. But that's one man.. Not everyone who supports his party thinks the same... So why is what he voted for even relevant?

[@TheSpanielXD]

Hi Joshua, All MP voting records are publically available on a website called "theyworkforyou.com". My comment wasn't meant as a dig at the Conservative party nor the supporters. It was purely there to provide an argument that JRM might not be as great as everyone in this comments section is making out. The comment also highlights a good amount of hypocrisy in what Rees-Mogg is saying in this video. My original comment doesn't even mention which party JRM is part of.

[@snowyrichmond5445]

You doctored your response in the hope no one would read it and i quote "Voted a mixture of for and against higher taxes on banks" 5 for 8 against. Nothing you have written has any credance now as you altered the reality from the very website you quoted. Total Div

[@TheSpanielXD]

Snowy Richmond Sigh... Okay, how is my statement wrong? I did not alter the reality, 5 and 8 is a mixture as I’m sure you’re aware. My comment was a collection of data from voting records. If I didn’t wish for my information to be checked, I wouldn’t have posted the link to the website. If I didn’t wish for the comment to be seen, I would not have commented. ~ Total Div

[@RealBadGaming52]

That woman who said there’s be a civil war and riots was 100% correct seeing as she predicted the reaction to BREXIT

[@ianway2725]

Or absolutely wrong

[@alisonsmith4801]

Were have we had riots and a civil war over Brexit, were not happy about it sure but as for the other 2 things, erm I must have been asleep when all that kicked off.

[@stevendavies417]

As a Tory I would vote for Mogg without hesitation. He is highly intelligent, clear and consistent in what he believes, and works hard not just in his constituencies, but elsewhere.

[@newchapter6840]

Steven Davies yes agree should be next PM

[@iancook7782]

I wish I knew he was coming id of been straight there

[@Spiritina8]

Mogg is so cute! Love how he can get on with anyone and doesn't need to change himself.

[@spartan-je4we]

Hes so British its ace

[@trevsmith9773]

Those Chavs in tracksuit are far more representative of Britain today.

[@zachgravatt5571]

No he’s a caricature of an 1800s upper class Englishman he doesn’t nearly represent Britain

[@elliotevans3865]

@@zachgravatt5571 well most of britain is muslim now😂

[@roboko6618]

To be honest, the man dresses respectfully and asks genuine questions. Sure he is 'posh', but he doesn't look down his nose at people, even if they're blowing smoke in his face or dressed like they just don't care. He wasn't just taking their opinions, he bought sweets, he helped with Bingo and tried to give people a laugh. He didn't need to do any of that, he has a good life and doesn't need to interact with these people and yet he does.

[@jamesliscombe9006]

I'm from South Shields... I'm so embarrassed. Smack rat central on this video.

[@markcallaghan369]

Used to be such a nice place when I was a kid

[@colinsmith7576]

I have voted labour all my life ( now in my 50s ) however the Labour party no longer represents the working man. labour politicians are all about themselves and their egos. if UKIP had some policies then they could take the Labour vote but only IF