Jacob Rees-Mogg has made his first public appearance in weeks, only to be heckled at an excruciating hustings last night.

Speaking to the public for the first time since he made his controversial Grenfell comments, the Brexiteer was 15 minutes late and was met with heckles and gasps after he made a series of awful claims.

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According to the Bristol Post, audience members shouted “liar” at the minister, after he claimed that the Tories would not sell the NHS.

He was also met with “gasps” according to reporters, after he made controversial claims that Universal Credit is working and said “work is the best way to get people out of poverty”. This is despite Scram News revealing weekly the stories of the in-work poor who are struggling every day.

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s absence from the general election campaign has been palpable, raising speculation that the prominent Tory had been benched for claiming that Grenfell victims lacked common sense for not leaving the burning building.

Meanwhile, the Tory risks losing his seat due to the efforts of the Remain alliance and earlier this week someone scrawled “Get Mogg out” in giant letters on a slag heap in his constituency.

But his triumphant return to politics has gone down like a cold cup of sick, as he has faced audience dissatisfaction for his empty words.

His constituents also laughed at him after he said that Brexit “is to the overwhelming benefit of the country”.

Likewise, Rees-Mogg claimed that Britain’s membership to the EU costs £350m a week was true, despite it being widely discredited.

Jacob Rees-Mogg doesn’t deserve to represent the public. He should have stayed in hiding.