Boris Johnson’s controversial claim linking Britain’s obesity crisis to a “spiritual void” neglected by the Church of England has drawn support from another former Conservative MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg. The former Prime Minister accused religious leaders, particularly Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, of failing to provide “spiritual sustenance”, pushing people to overeat instead. Speaking to GB Read more
In a sharp rebuke to Pope Francis, former UK Conservative politician Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested that the Vatican should accommodate migrants if the pontiff is so concerned about their plight. Speaking on GB News on August 28, Rees-Mogg delivered what has been described as a “withering put down” of the Pope’s recent comments on Read more
Tolerance involves tolerating “things you do not agree with, not just ones you do agree with, and the problem with liberal tolerance is it has got to the point of only tolerating what it likes,” says British MP Jacob Rees-Mogg. Rees-Mogg, a Catholic in the Conservative party, is in the spotlight for recent comments he Read more
A British MP is being given a hard time for his Catholic views: opposing abortion in all circumstances and disagreeing with same-sex marriage. In an interview on Good Morning Britain, Jacob Rees-Mogg said he was “completely opposed to abortion” including in cases of rape and incest. “Life is sacrosanct and begins at the point of Read more
A law change allowing a first-born daughter to succeed to the throne — and permitting an heir to the throne to marry a Catholic — has been passed by the House of Commons. But an effort by a Catholic MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, to change the Succession to the Crown Bill so that a Catholic could Read more