After a dramatic couple of weeks, why not take the time to watch this remarkable speech from Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg from parliament yesterday, in which he says:
– that MPs who criticise the monarch should be locked up in the Tower of London
– that the Queen is the highest taxpayer in the country
– and that the Queen is the “golden thread” that ties our country together
Ladies and gentlemen, your Friday evening moment of zen – it’s Jacob Rees-Mogg…


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