Jacob Rees-Mogg Blasts Government Over Shift To 'Soft' Brexit

Jacob Rees-Mogg is leading a Tory backbench Brexiteer charge against Philip Hammond over his softening tone on quitting the EU.The arch-Eurosceptic had demanded a fundamental shift in tone from ministers on Brexit, saying “close alignment” is unacceptable.It came as the Chancellor delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum which appeared to take a softer approach - something No 10 was forced to clarify. Rees-Mogg, who as head of the European Research Group (ERG) has the