To What Extent is Jacob-Rees Mogg Acting a Persona?

[LabourJersey]

It's not an act at all. He's clearly never tried to come off as even a little relatable to the average British voter, which I guess makes his uber-posh identity at least a little bit of a choice, but I don't think he can imagine being anything other than the son of a Lord and the father of a child named Sextus or whatever.

I'm also shocked the man is a Catholic, though. I know some very old lineages in England managed to keep Catholicism but still

[LabourJersey]

A gentrified voice is certainly helpful to his cause, and I have to imagine that if he were to ever become the Conservative Leader, likely in opposition, he would very soon become PM.

I don't see him ever becoming the leader of the Tories. If Boris is a current events joke, Rees-Mogg is a joke from a Francis Bacon play that people don't even try to understand

[LabourJersey]

I don't see him ever becoming the leader of the Tories. If Boris is a current events joke, Rees-Mogg is a joke from a Francis Bacon play that people don't even try to understand

Sure, but not even a decade ago Prime Minister Johnson was a punchline. I don’t know if Rees-Mogg as PM is as laughable as you make it out to be.

The fact that Johnson won the Mayor's race showed he had (has?) at least some appeal to voters that the Tories need to win over. Rees-Mogg doesn't have that