Jacob Rees-Mogg has been at it again, winding people up with his comments. He could have been in a bad mood after he took a ÂŁ200,000 cut in dividends from investment firm Somerset Capital.
The leader of the House of Commons made the dig at opposition MPs in the chamber in response to Scottish National Party MP Pete Wishart, who was concerned at the lack of face coverings worn in the âpackedâ chamber during Prime Ministerâs Questions.
Wishart said: âYesterday, at PMQs this place must have been about the most crowded enclosed space in the whole of the UK.â
He added: âThe governmentâs own advice states: âwear a face covering in crowded and enclosed settings where you come into contact with people you donât normally meetâ.â
The SNP politician said the no-mask policy was âsending the worst possible message to the country and contributing to all sorts of confusionâ.
Response
Rees-Mogg replied: âIs it not interesting that the honourable gentleman, and perhaps this applies to the nationalists generally, do not normally meet other MPs?
âPerhaps, this is because theyâre not very assiduous in their attendance in the House of Commons?â
He continued: âAnd is it not a pity, Mr Speaker, that some people donât like to come to Parliament?
âAnd if they came a bit more, they worked a bit harder, if they put their elbows to the grindstone, wherever you put your elbow, elbow to the wheel, they might not need to wear face coverings either because they would meet members of Parliament more regularly.â
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