Tory Baroness: 'Jacob Rees Mogg Would Ruin The Conservative Party'

13 August 2017, 12:00 | Updated: 22 August 2017, 09:55

Baroness Patience Wheatcroft told Andrew Pierce Jacob Rees Mogg would ruin the Conservative party if he was elected as leader.

Tory MP Jacob Rees Mogg, who faced a surge in popularity in the general election, is "sounding out" friends about whether he should go for the Tory leadership, according to The Sunday Times.

But Baroness Patience Wheatcroft, a Conservative pro EU Peer and Journalist, told Andrew Pierce why she thinks that would be terrible thing for the Tory party.

She did not hold back with her opinion, watch the clip to hear what she had to say.