Jacob Rees-Mogg is catholic in his quotations. His speech on day one of this conference embraced Dryden, Disraeli, Daniel Defoe and Georgie Porgie. The nursery rhyme was tweaked to mark Labour’s refusal to agree to a general election. “Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry, when the boys came out to play, Jeremy Corbyn ran away,” said Mr Rees-Mogg in his languorous way, touching the frame of his spectacles and leaning a few degrees to one side. He and a richly baritone Michael Gove were the only speakers who cracked the black hole…

Source: The Times September 29, 2019 23:11 UTC