jacob rees—mogg, the leader of the house of commons. the last time he had anything like this sort of profile was when he was arguing to remove theresa may. back then, he was the leader of the backbench brexiteers. some suggested, though, that he had been sent to the wilderness after he entered borisjohnson�*s cabinet. i am delighted to say he doesn'tjoin us from the wilderness but somewhere altogether more comfortable. from his somerset constituency. jacob rees—mogg, welcome back to political thinking. oh, thank you very much, it's very kind of you to invite me back. is it all so nice to be back in the fray, back in an argument about the future direction of your party, back in the argument about the party leadership? well, i don't think we need a discussion about the party leadership, i think we've got a great leader, and as you know, i've supported him from before he became leader and find it extremely easy to continue to support him. but talking to you is always great fun so it's a pleasure to be here.