Brexit realists take control as May slaps down Rees-Mogg

The prime minister finally gave the arch-Brexiter MP a dressing down last week as she took on the cabinet’s LeaversIt was the moment that pro-Remain Conservative MPs had been longing for, but feared would never happen – when the prime minister cut the arch-Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg down to size. One MP who witnessed Theresa May’s newfound assertiveness likened it to a long-suffering teacher finally losing patience with the class know-all. “She just slapped him down, decisi