Quote of the day

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the commons Leader, said: ‘Like gulliver tied down at Lilliput, we are tied down by a ragtag, motley collection of feeble, fickle, footling politicians. ‘all in desperate pursuit of a single ignoble aim — to renege on the solemn promise they made to the british people and try to cancel the largest single democratic mandate in our history.’ Had he been enjoying our own stephen glover, who asked in Thursday’s Mail: ‘can [boris], like Jonathan swift’s fictional hero gulliver ... break free from the bonds wrapped around him by lesser men?’