Article snippet: Though the two men are oceans apart in terms of style and personality – the Jacob being the quintessential English gentleman; the Donald not – what they both possess in spades is the most extraordinary, winning frankness. They would, I’m sure get on like a house on fire. Indeed, with a fair wind, they would make the greatest U.S. president/UK prime minister double act since the era of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. That’s because they tell it like it is. In common with Thatcher and Reagan, they are not afraid that speaking their mind might get them into trouble. They genuinely believe that what they have to say is right and true. So why would they need to hide their views behind a wall of obfuscation or virtue-signalling cant, like all the beta politicians do? If you’re unfamiliar with Jacob Rees-Mogg’s brilliance – or if you are familiar and just need reminding why he so ought to be Britain’s next prime minister – just check out this interview he gave to Sky News’s Kay Burley. The key sequence begins at 2.00 minutes in when Burley says: “You describe yourself as a man of the people. But you said it in Latin…” Rees-Mogg, as ever, is unfazed. Note the way before answering he shows who is boss by taking an ostentatious slurp of his tea. (Tea which, of course, he is drinking not out of a mug but an almost aggressively reactionary willow-pattern china tea cup.) Then Rees-Mogg begins. First, he unbalances Burley – not undeservedly: the question was, after all,... Link to the full article to read more