The 40-year-old and her brother Jacob are both hard Brexiteers and were among five children of late newspaper editor William Rees-Mogg. Asked whether she tried to convince him to join her in the Brexit Party, Ms Rees-Mogg said: “No, I totally respect his decision-making process. And he said the country was "led by donkeys" - the name of the anti-Brexiteer campaign group which has hijacked the Brexit Party's brand with a spoof website. At today's event it was announced Venture Capitalist Richard Tice would be taking over as party chairman from Farage. (Image: Phil Rees / Rex Features)(Image: Getty Images)He was confronted by Radio 4's Today programme, who pointed out that the Brexit Party's own leader quit over anti-Islam messages sent from her Twitter account.

Source: Daily Mirror April 12, 2019 10:22 UTC