Jacob Rees Mogg on socialism and history
Jacob Rees Mogg is quoted in the Financial Times (14th July) as calling Chancellor Rishi Sunak as a socialist. Given his wealth this seems improbable. The actual source of the story was an interview JRM gave to the Mail where he argued that Sunak had raised taxes to a level not seen since the 1950s (high taxes being socialist). One problem in Rees Mogg’s analysis is that from 1951 to 1960 there was a Tory Government.
I’m not sure Rees Mogg’s grasp of history has improved since his book of essays on the Victorians
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