'Hickory Dickory dock...' Jacob Rees-Mogg delights reading YOUR eurosceptic nursery rhymes
JACOB Rees-Mogg lent Brexiteers across the United Kingdom his voice as he masterfully interpreted a series of eurosceptic nursery rhymes creative Express.co.uk readers constructed to express their discontent with the European Union.
Jacob Rees-Mogg reads out nursery rhymes mocking the EU
Jacob Rees-Mogg appeared delighted as he read out a set of Brexit-themed nursery rhymes Express.co.uk readers created in the website's comment sections. The Brexiteer MP happily accepted our request to lend his voice to our inventive readers during an interview carried out in September. The nursery rhymes, all of which poke fun at the European Union and its institutions, also took a direct dig at some of the most well-known EU leaders, including Angela Merkel and European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt.
Hickory Dickory dock. The EU has got to stop so hold the straps and watch it collapse. Hickory Dickory dock
The North Somerset MP read out the nursery rhymes after praising Express readers as "good poets" and "budding Shakespeares."
He said: "Ring a ring o' roses, it's worse than one supposes. Verhofstadt! Verhofstadt! EU falls down.
"Hickory Dickory dock. The EU has got to stop so hold the straps and watch it collapse. Hickory Dickory dock.
"Old Mother Merkel has lost her sparkle and doesn't know what to do. For the British stood up, said 'No longer we'll sup with the rotten, greedy EU'."
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He continued: "Humpty Drunckty sat on a wall, he caused the EU to have a great fall. The EU dictators and mafia-men couldn't put Drunckty together again.
"Roses are red, violets are blue - thank goodness we're leaving the rotten EU.
"Little Boy Tusk, go blow your horn. The sheep sat in Brussels, are Merkel’s to pawn. Where is that Verhofstadt that looks after the sheep? 'He's down in the wine cellar, fast asleep. Will you wake him?' 'No, not I. For if I do, he'll be sure to cry'."
Mr Rees-Mogg has risen to prominence in the ranks of the Conservative Party for his fierce support for Brexit – which prompted him to support a vote of no confidence in Theresa May to protest her proposed Brexit withdrawal deal.
He later performed a U-turn as he commended Mrs May for winning the confidence of the parliamentary party and pledged his support in the last phase of the negotiations with the European Union.
Mrs May won the confidence vote 200 to 117 and cannot be challenged by her party now for another year. Brexiteers have voiced concerns the backstop – an insurance policy created to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland – could be used as a loophole to keep the UK inside the customs union and the single market in spite of demands to leave both institutions.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar revealed on Thursday that his government has made “no preparations whatsoever” to build new infrastructure despite the looming prospect of a no-deal Brexit.
But Mr Rees-Mogg said that if Ireland had no intention of setting up customs checkpoints along the politically-sensitive frontier, there is no need for the contentious Irish backstop element of Theresa May’s deal.
He tweeted: “No deal means no hard border so no need for the backstop.”
With 100 days until Brexit, the EU Commission and the British Government have ramped up their no-deal divorce preparations.