The rise of Rees-Mogg: the fossil fuel fan put in charge of cutting UK carbon emissions
by Rowena Mason and Emine Sinmaz from World news | The Guardian on (#63BMR)
Liz Truss has retained Jacob Rees-Mogg in cabinet, but how did the MP for North East Somerset go from anachronistic caricature to business secretary?
For all the furore over Jacob Rees-Mogg's Sorry you were out" notes, used to shame civil servants who were working at home, he only printed and left three on unoccupied desks.
It was a PR stunt, pure and simple, and that's Jacob all over," says one Whitehall source with knowledge of the episode.
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