Profile of Jacob Rees-Mogg: Brexit's posh pin-up

A late convert to social media, Rees-Mogg has proved quite a hit, gaining thousands of followers on his Instagram feed

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Name: Jacob Rees-Mogg

Age:48

Appearance: tall, thin, bespectacled, in a pin-striped double-breasted suit

Newsworthiness: backed by hardline Conservatives to replace Theresa May as British prime minister

On the face of it, Jacob Rees-Mogg would appear an unlikely successor to British prime minister Theresa May, but the arch-conservative and proponent of a hard Brexit has been riding a wave of popularity among Tory supporters.

Unlike other hard Brexiteers in the Conservative government (such ...