Nanny knows best when it is nappy time for Rees-mogg
JACOB REES-MOGG, who recently became a father for the sixth time, has admitted he has never changed a nappy.
The Tory MP said he failed in this area as he was “not a modern man”. Mr Rees-mogg told Nigel Farage on LBC radio: “The nanny does it brilliantly.” He added: “I’ve made no pretence to be a modern man at all, ever. I’m probably as modern as you.”
He did not say whether his wife had changed any nappies. “I don’t think nanny would approve because I’m sure she’d think I wouldn’t do it properly,” he said. “This is the nanny that has worked for my family – in September, 52 years – so she knows a thing or two about doing it properly,” he told Mr Farage. Online, many were unimpressed. One Twitter user wrote: “Jacob Rees-mogg wants us to marvel at how bracingly non-pc he is because he doesn’t change nappies. Pathetic, dull.” Another said: “The old ‘it’s beyond me!’ reasoning, when what he means is ‘it’s beneath me’.”
Some saw the funny side, with one person tweeting: “I’d wager that if he had changed a nappy, they would have stopped at one child”
Mr Rees-mogg has found himself busy in recent times maintaining his new social media account. He has amassed tens of thousands of followers on Twitter and Instagram, and sparked a social media campaign, Moggmentum, urging him to try to become prime minister. However, he claims to have no such ambitions.
He told the Conservative Home website that Theresa May should remain in office “for ever and ever. Amen, Amen, Alleluia, Alleluia, Amen”.