What is it with Tories and going on TV ? Boris Johnson had Have I Got News For You ; Matt Hancock and Nigel Farage both did I’m A Celebrity ; and who could forget Harold Macmillan’s turn as Cher on Stars In Their Eyes ? (I might be misremembering some of these). My point is, surely there are clearer paths to TV stardom than being a Conservative politician, of all things? Well, somebody tell that to Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has decided after decides of frontline politics to take the next logical step in his career: starring in his very own documentary/reality TV show for Discovery+. The former leader of the House of Commons – arguably one of the bigger beasts in the Tories’ menagerie of electoral failure , after losing in his North East Sommerset constituency last week to Labour– will appear alongside his wife and children in Meet the Rees-Moggs , a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into the life of the man Britain voted “most likely to be bullied by the Bash Street Kids”.
The show promises to “lift the lid on the man behind the public image”, which seems like a bad idea, since the worst thing you can do with a haunted artifact is open it. It’s a baffling premise for a TV show – but that’s not to say that it won’t be good. After all, there are all sorts of people whose lived have made for good television despite them having no charisma, insights, or marketable skills.
You could be born into a famous family, or date other famous people, or be the daughter of the man.
