Rees-Mogg: he wanted to be identified with patriotism but ended up being linked with a paedophile instead. That’s what he gets for trying to be cleverer-than-thou.

It speaks volumes about the Johnson government that the public will readily believe that one of its senior members will happily identify with a convicted paedophile.

Today, the following tweet appeared – apparently from Boris Johnson’s Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg:

It appeared that Rees-Mogg was quoting The Court of King Caractacus – which was a well-known song by disgraced broadcaster/convicted paedophile Rolf Harris.

The tweet was met with a range of reactions, from outrage…

… to mockery…

… to humour:

In fact, the tweet was a fake. It was a satirical response to a comment that Rees-Mogg did make, in his usual “I’m better-educated than the rest of you” way:

He was quoting The British Grenadiers, by the way, which is a traditional song – we don’t know who wrote the lyrics. Rees-Mogg wanted to be associated with the heroism and patriotism that the song evokes.

The spoof tweet stole his thunder by associating him with a paedophile instead.

In fairness, it has now been fully acknowledged as a spoof by its author:

Presumably Davey Jones reckons his work here is done. I think he may be right!

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