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Reuters
LONDON
One of the leading British politicians pushing for a sharp exit from the European Union, Jacob Rees-Mogg, says he has no interest in joining a campaign to disrupt EU operations organised by former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon.
Rees-Mogg, whose image as an old-fashioned, unashamedly"posh" Conservative has endeared him to many voters disillusioned with more modern-looking politicians, said he had met Bannon only once, in 2017."Meeting someone does not mean you're endorsing them," he told Reuters in an interview.
"He is a very well informed man," Rees-Mogg said of Bannon, but added:"We just had a discussion on world affairs. His world view is not my world view."
Rees-Mogg, chair of the European Research Group of anti-EU Members of Parliament, is a leading light of the staunchly anti-EU wing of Theresa May's party that is urging the prime minister to drop her"soft Brexit" strategy which would maintain many of Britain's close ties to the bloc.
