Rees-Mogg: I need not visit Northern Ireland to understand Brexit issue

Jacob Rees-Mogg made the comments in an interview with BBC Northern Ireland.The Eurosceptic Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he does not need to visit Northern Ireland to understand the challenges Brexit has posed for communities on the border, in comments described as arrogant and judgmental by people living there.Asked if he had “recently made any effort to visit the border”, Rees-Mogg said he had not but pointed to a recent visit by the Brexit select committee, of which he is a me