Wednesday 6 July 2022 12:51 AM Jacob Rees-Mogg insists losing chancellors 'happens' as he digs in to support ... trends now
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Jacob Rees-Mogg last night issued a staunch defence of Boris Johnson and played down the significance of the Chancellor’s resignation.
The ultra-loyal Brexit Opportunities Minister insisted Mr Johnson had made a ‘minor mistake’ in the Pincher scandal.
He told Sky News: ‘If the Prime Minister is hearing endless things about all sorts of public business, he cannot possibly be expected to remember every last detail.
‘Doesn’t that show you a big man who is willing to apologise when he makes a mistake? I’m not pretending the Prime Minister didn’t make a mistake. It’s obvious. The Prime Minister, forgetting one incident, was not swayed by rumour.’
Jacob Rees-Mogg (pictured) played down the significance of the Chancellor's resignation as he defended Boris Johnson last night
Mr Rees-Mogg insisted Boris Johnson had made a ‘minor mistake’ in the Pincher scandal. The PM acknowledged yesterday he should have sacked Mr Pincher when he was found to have behaved inappropriately as a Foreign Office Minister
Mr Johnson acknowledged yesterday he should have sacked Mr Pincher when he was found to have behaved inappropriately as a Foreign Office Minister.
Mr Rees-Mogg also claimed that ‘losing chancellors is something that happens’.
‘The Prime Minister won the vote. The
