Rees-Mogg

2022 - 10 - 25

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Jacob Rees-Mogg and Brandon Lewis quit as PM begins reshuffle (The Guardian)

Rees-Mogg resigns as business secretary and Lewis relinquishes justice secretary role as Sunak begins to assemble cabinet.

Buckland had told friends he expected to go after switching support from Sunak to Truss over the summer. “We have a duty to the country to do so, at a time of economic hardship for so many. Sunak sacked Chloe Smith as work and pensions secretary and the under-fire Wendy Morton as chief whip. We now have an opportunity to reunite and rebuild, and we must take it. And he wouldn’t want me in his cabinet anyway,” he told Sky News in July. [James Cleverly](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/james-cleverly) as foreign secretary, and appointing Dominic Raab as deputy prime minister and justice secretary, after the departure of nearly a dozen cabinet ministers.

Jacob Rees-Mogg out of Cabinet as 'socialist' Rishi Sunak shakes ... (Harrow Times)

The old ally of Boris Johnson conceded there would not be a role for him in the new administration.

“We have a duty to the country to do so, at a time of economic hardship for so many. Mr Sunak pledged to “build a Government that represents the very best traditions of my party” as he seeks to unite the warring factions. It is no exaggeration to say that the future of the Conservative Party and everything we stand for is at stake if we do not. Mr Lewis resigned as justice secretary as Mr Sunak was holding meetings in his new office in the House of Commons. Asked about the “socialist” charge, the MP replied: “That was said in the run-up to the leadership campaign, under very different circumstances. The old ally of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss was the first to acknowledge on Tuesday that he was out as the newly appointed Conservative leader began a Government shake-up.

Jacob Rees-Mogg 'sacked' as business secretary by Rishi Sunak (The Independent)

Boris Johnson loyalist had called Sunak 'socialist' and claimed he would refuse to serve.

It is mandate that belongs to and unites all of us,” he said. “If it goes on like this, we will find that it is very difficult to win elections, and therefore we have to support Rishi Sunak,” he said on Tuesday. Asked if Mr Sunak was right to claim a mandate from the Tories’ 2019 election win, Labour’s chair Anneliese Dodds told the BBC: “That’s wrong … Markets remained largely unmoved by the entrance of Mr Sunak into No 10. The leader of the Conservative party is clearly not a socialist.” Asked about a job, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “I will do whatever he wants me to do. It was down around 0.5 per cent shortly after midday. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) But a source close to Mr Rees-Mogg said he knew he was not wanted. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. Wendy Morton is no longer Tory chief whip. Mr Rees-Mogg had said in July that he would “of course” refuse to serve in a Sunak government – describing him as a “socialist chancellor”.

Jacob Rees-Mogg: Why I no longer believe Rishi Sunak is a socialist (Telegraph.co.uk)

The Business Secretary said he would now be willing to serve in the new prime minister's cabinet in the name of Tory unity.

But asked on Tuesday if he would serve in Mr Sunak’s government, he said: “I will do whatever he wants me to do. The leader of the Conservative Party is clearly not a socialist.” [ Energy Prices Bill](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/10/15/energy-price-cap-torn-plans-considered-whitehall/), which is the legal grounding of the Government’s “price guarantee” support for households and businesses, was an “impressive achievement”. [Mr Sunak's Cabinet](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/10/25/rishi-sunak-conservative-leadership-race-cabinet-prime-minister/) if he won the leadership contest. [in the opinion polls ](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/20/poll-tracker-general-election-conservative-labour/)of disunity,” he said. [to serve in his Cabinet](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/10/25/rishi-sunak-new-cabinet-live-updates-reshuffle/), as he pleaded for Tory unity.

Rees-Mogg quits as BEIS secretary - Utility Week (Utility Week)

Rees-Mogg resigned just an hour after new prime minister Rishi Sunak entered Downing Street and ahead of a reshuffle in which he was widely expected to be ...