Jacob Rees-Mogg’s views are more common than his critics might care to believe
From our UK edition
To judge from the media’s collective horror, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s views on abortion ('completely opposed… in all circumstances?' 'Yes') and same-sex marriage ('I support the teaching of the Catholic Church' – i.e., against) are absolutely beyond the pale. Such 'appalling bigotry', as Suzanne Moore puts it in The Guardian, has 'no place in public life'. Meanwhile, the Evening Standard’s curation of Twitter vox pops runs the full gamut from 'extreme' to 'extremely out of touch'. Any hopes he may secretly have harboured of becoming PM must, hopes everyone from The Times cartoon to Gary Lineker, now be 'aborted'. But just how extreme are the Hon. Member for North East Somerset’s views really? How odd is Rees-Mogg?
