Rees Mogg. Words almost fail me.

Oh look….here is that thing LoveOC said……. Incomplete as I’m not going to upgrade to quota…

Pompous ass.

He does seem to come from another planet. If, like me, he had a strong garlic intolerance, he would know that English restaurants probably use as much if not more garlic in their cooking than the French. And that it is very, very difficult to find any savoury ready meal (apart from fish and chips) which does not contain the stuff.

love0c

Why can't people read between the lines?
The denotative meaning is the concrete or literal meaning, whilst the connotative meaning is the associated or figurative meaning. An inability to read between the lines is generally evidence that the reader is unable to apprehend any connotative meaning beyond the literal.

Is that a Rees Mogg quote by any chance?

That picture of him lounging on the benches during a debate looking sooo bored just sums him up - contemptuous and just so above it all. A thoroughly unpleasant man without any redeeming features who gives Conservatives a bad name.

Alegrias1

And an ability to make jokes about the French which rely on stereotypes of garlic eating is general evidence that the speaker is an idiot.

Not to mention the inappropriateness of this kind of “quip” when talking about refugees.

I look forward to Lov0c explaining what their post meant for those of us clearly too thick to understand.

Sorry Lucca, you and I are obviously just drones with no conception of the humour that a public school/Oxbridge education confers, clearly one that excuses you from being objectionable on the grounds that you are educated and the rest of us should just defer.

Gosh, who knew???

love0c

Why can't people read between the lines?
The denotative meaning is the concrete or literal meaning, whilst the connotative meaning is the associated or figurative meaning. An inability to read between the lines is generally evidence that the reader is unable to apprehend any connotative meaning beyond the literal.

Sorry what does all that mean ?

And an ability to make jokes about the French which rely on stereotypes of garlic eating is general evidence that the speaker is an idiot.

Why can't people read between the lines?
The denotative meaning is the concrete or literal meaning, whilst the connotative meaning is the associated or figurative meaning. An inability to read between the lines is generally evidence that the reader is unable to apprehend any connotative meaning beyond the literal.

Baro?

Baron

GillT57

Supercilious git. And all this 17th century hogwash is fake. His father worked for a living so going by our previous conversations re class he is not upper class or gentry or whatever fakery he puts out. The big estate belongs to his wife's family.

His father was quite posh too; Clifton College, Charterhouse, Oxford, National Service (a Sergeant no less ?!), then Baro.

However, William bought Ston Easton Park, he didn't inherit it, Zoejory, that makes all the difference.
He probably had to buy his own furniture too.

Nanny must be very proud to have raised such a pleasant chap.

Which big estate? Jacob's parents purchased Ston Easton Park which is not too shabby. To say the least.

He was brought up by Nanny, who he still has, amazingly.

And of course he went to Eton.

As I've mentioned on previous threads I am no fan of the class system. But hazarding a guess I'd probably put him as upper.

He's an interesting character. Not sure why he's in politics.

Supercilious git. And all this 17th century hogwash is fake. His father worked for a living so going by our previous conversations re class he is not upper class or gentry or whatever fakery he puts out. The big estate belongs to his wife's family.

I keep wondering why he is allowed to say all these obnoxious things and get away with it. It isn’t as if he succeeds by being a buffoon like Bojo. My theory is that he knows a lot of things about individual fellow Tories that they would not like to be public and so he seems to be able to say whatever he likes. He is contemptible IMHO.

Sorry that's not bind weed, but bindweed.
Or Convolvulus arvensis as Jacob would say.

Jacob Rees Mogg's voting record is a catalogue of unkindness. It's the record of a man born into privilege who has spent a lifetime using his advantage to disadvantage others less well off than himself, whilst all the while feathering his own nest.

If state educated people (that's me, over here in the cheap seats) are potted plants, then he is bind weed.

You do realise the our opinion as oiks will matter not a jot to Smogg.

Potted plants are useful and good to have around. What use is JRM?

That’s it paddyann

That'll be his father Baron William Reece Mogg ,he was a charmer too,wrote a book about how to make a fortune when the world was in afinancial crisis or some such title.Seems junior took it all in,his fortune has soared during the pandemic while he was happy to take £20 off the poorest !

He is unpleasant but he has been popular with a lot of people because he has superficial good manners.

It says this:

I wonder how often France has been called “safe” in this Chamber over the centuries, but I think we can accept that it is safe for most refugees – except for those who do not like garlic, who may need to escape. What has been going on in the Channel is op….

I can't read the picture. What does it say?