"Many Photos" - Jacob Rees-Mogg says Boris Johnson ‘could unite the Conservative party and win an election’

The Chairman of Tory Eurosceptic bloc the European Research Group has said Boris Johnson could 'unite the party and win an election'.

Jacob Rees-Mogg told Sophie Ridge on Sky today: 'I think very highly of Boric Johnson, who managed to win in London, twice, in a Labour area, has a great connection with voters, is a clear Eurosceptic, but otherwise is very much in the middle of the Conservative Party.

'He's not particularly a factional character beyond the European issue and therefore I think could unite the party and win an election.'

It comes as potential leaders jockey for position, with some in the party calling for a 'Bamber' ticket with Boris Johnson in the leadership role and Remainer Amber Rudd in a senior position like Chancellor of the Exchequer. 

One Tory MP said last night that they would 'crawl across broken glass' to vote for the 'unity' ticket, adding: 'Amber would take half the party with her, while Boris is the man you need to beat Corbyn at a General Election.'

Mr Rees-Mogg said: 'I’ve always thought highly of Amber Rudd, she’s a longstanding friend of my sister’s.'

He went on: 'Believe it or not there will come a time when there are other things to talk about and we’ll need all the talents in the Tory party, not just those of Brexiteers.' 

Mr Rees-Mogg denied blame for Britain's remaining in the EU should lie with his grouping, saying 'blame for this muddle rests squarely on the Prime Minister's shoulders'.

He said she had reneged on promises made in the manifesto and in her Mansion House speech.

He insisted Parliament had authorised a no-deal Brexit, saying: 'Parliament has passed motions objecting to a no deal Brexit, but it passed two laws which provided for us to leave on March 29, now delayed.

Asked about a 'dream ticket' of Johnson and Rudd, Jacob Rees-Mogg said there would come a time when the party would need to draw on all its talents

Jacon Rees-Mogg told Sophie Ridge Boris Johnson could unite the Conservative Party 

'And law trumps motions'.

He added: 'She has made active choices to stop us leaving and she deserves to be held to account for that. If she had done what she said in the first place and stuck to the law as set out in two Acts we would have left the EU by now.'

He reiterated his call for Britain to be 'very difficult' if we remain in the EU in the medium term under a flextension arrangement, suggesting the UK could veto the EU budget.

'Each annual budget is set by majority voting, but the seven-year budgetary framework requires unanimity and we could veto that,' he said.

Saying the EU had 'not acted with sincere co-operation', the ERG Chairman said, adding: 'what is sauce for the goose or sauce for the gander.' 

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