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‘I’m not appealing to the nutter vote’

The ERG head on Brexit delays, ‘the nutter vote’ and never changing a nappy

issue 02 March 2019

A woman dressed as a nun is standing outside the London Palladium with a placard, warning about ‘an evening with a religious extremist’. She refers to Jacob Rees-Mogg, who sold all 2,300 seats at the venue in a fortnight — a feat that enraged his critics all the more.

The nun eventually found a loudspeaker to address Spectator subscribers, who waved cheerfully as they filed in to the theatre.

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