Rees-Mogg: Civil Servants "talking down the nation"

A leading Tory MP has criticised civil servants for "talking down the nation", claiming it will cause public resentment.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the arch-Eurosceptic, said that a considerable number of establishment figures won't let go of their "emotional attachments" to the EU in the wake of the Brexit vote.

The MP for North East Somerset argues that "many members of the establishment" are being guided by their heads over theirs hearts - because "the UK population largely ignored them."

He said: "Some of them are talking down the nation because of this, and that is unhelpful; although, in the long run, it will marginalise those who cannot accept the will of the people."

Meanwhile, Eurosceptic ally Andrew Bridgen MP recently said he was "not interested in 'Brexit Lite'", amid rumours of a Parliamentary rebellion. Reports surfaced that MPs could rebel if a mere immigration break or a continued links to the single market were proposed.

But Mr. Rees-Mogg said he "[does] not think it will arise" because the "government is committed to a proper Brexit."

He claimed that "Mrs. May understands better than almost anyone the problems that membership of the EU in relation to immigration."

"Everything that Mrs. May has said to date indicates that she wants to deliver proper Brexit."

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