THE BIG INTERVIEW

SIR JACOB Rees-Mogg has become a familiar sight on British television ever since he joined GB News as a presenter back in 2023.

- By David Williamson

However, despite imposing his unique character on the British political media, he says he is now excited at the thought of getting another chance to “deliver proper Conservative policies”.

Sir Jacob, 55, says: “I would love to get back. There is an enormous amount to be done and I think the next election could potentially be extremely exciting.”

He also believes former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have a further act in politics ahead of him.

Pointing to Donald Trump’s dramatic comeback as US President, he says: “I wonder if Boris is sitting at home in Oxfordshire watching the revivification of the Trump presidency and thinking, ‘Oh my goodness, I could do that, too’.”

Sir Jacob believes many Tories now regret ousting the man who won two terms as Mayor of London, persuaded the country to vote for Brexit in 2016 and delivered the 2019 election victory.

The former Business Secretary says: “I think a lot of Conservatives realise how stupid it was to have got rid of him.

“It was like the Lilliputians tying down Gulliver. It was badly received by voters who had voted for Boris, not for unheard-of Conservative MPs, and some MPs failed to recognise that he could win elections, he could appeal to people.”

Sir Jacob was in Westminster for one of the most tumultuous eras in modern politics, arriving under David Cameron in 2010 before losing his Somerset seat last year on Rishi Sunak’s watch.

And despite the scale of Labour’s win, he is confident the country has a “small-c” conservative majority – insisting it is “absolutely essential” the Tories and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK “work together before the next election”.

“I hope both sides have realised that arguing among ourselves and letting Labour have a big majority isn’t clever,” he says.

“It isn’t a good way to work and it isn’t in the interests of the country.”