Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘very strongly’ considering standing for election again

Former minister said Conservatives had deserved' to lose power and that he had not been shocked to lose his seat

Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he is very strongly" considering standing at the next general election after losing his seat to Labour.

The former Tory cabinet minister told an audience at the Edinburgh fringe festival that the Conservatives had deserved" to lose the recent election, and that he was not shocked after losing his North East Somerset and Hanham seat to the former mayor of the West of England Dan Norris by more than 5,000 votes. Rees-Mogg had won it from Norris in 2010.