Somerset's top stories direct to your inbox Join for free Thank you for subscribing See our privacy notice Invalid Email

North East Somerset MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has attracted quite the following on social media in the last year as fans.

Described as ‘an eccentric Englishman’ #JacobReesMogg and #MoggMentum have both trended on Twitter as loyal followers boost his profile.

Now the odds have been slashed for him to become the next Conservative leader.

Paddy Power currently has him listed as 10/1 behind Boris Johnson and Philip Hammond at 6/1 with David Davis as the current front runner at 3/1.

Consider that on July 1 the MP for North East Somerset was seen at 50/1 it’s been quite a leap forward for Rees-Mogg.

Previously he had has shied away from social media and denied he was behind the @JakeReesMogg but he recently set up an Instagram account, which has caused a stir and projected the backbench MP into a weird state of internet stardom.

Since embracing social media and using Instagram to announce the birth of his sixth child – little Sixtus, a day’s not gone by that the old Etonian hasn’t graced the national media.



A grass roots movement to get him to run for Prime Minister has been snowballing and if you search for Rees-Mogg on Twitter one of the first things you'll notice is the use of hashtags such as #Moggmentum and #JRM4PM. This account @magicalmogg seems particularly keen on getting the local level MP noticed and into number 10.