Jacob Rees-Mogg refuses to support anti-backstop amendment

Jacob Rees-Mogg said the ERG was in ‘no mood’ to support the move by a Theresa May loyalist.Jacob Rees-Mogg, the chair of the pro-Brexit European Research Group of Conservative backbenchers, has refused to back an amendment that would send Theresa May back to Brussels to demand an alternative arrangement to the Irish border backstop.After the ERG’s members met in parliament on Monday, Rees-Mogg said they were in “no mood” to support an amendment tabled by the senior