Jacob Rees-Mogg brushes off leadership talk – but does not rule out bid

Conservative backbencher says reports he will stand as next party leader are part of media’s silly seasonJacob Rees-Mogg, the backbench Tory traditionalist, has dismissed reports that he could be the next Conservative party leader as products of the August “silly season”.“I wouldn’t put any money on it,” he told Radio 4’s Broadcasting House on Sunday, when asked why two Sunday newspapers were running stories, separately sourced, saying he would like to s