‘Moggmentum’ behind Rees-Mogg stirs activists at Tory conference

North East Somerset MP’s rightwing views and vigorous defence of Brexit are at heart of his appeal to traditional party membersIt has been a tale of two conferences: while Conservative ministers speak to a half-empty auditorium, the party’s activists queue down stairwells and squeeze into hotel rooms to catch a glimpse of just one backbencher.Jacob Rees-Mogg may once have been named the “the MP for the 20th century”, but on Monday 600 people filled Manchester town hall&rs