Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comments about those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower Fire are disgusting and callous but I would not expect anything different from him.

In an interview on LBC on Tuesday morning, presenter Nick Ferrari asked Rees-Mogg if ‘the tragedy was caused by either racism or policies of class’. The MP did not think so; and I would not expect one as privileged as him to answer otherwise.

However, using his privilege further Rees-Mogg said, ‘and I think if either of us (note the use of the word US) were in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, WE would leave the burning building. It just seems the common sense thing to do’. How narcissistic is this man?

Following the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase One report last week, I have seen and listened to the pain the bereaved families are enduring as they hear that if their loved ones had not stayed in the building as instructed they might still be with them today. Some survivors spoke of their guilt of not following the advice and escaping when others had not. 28 months after the fire, their emotions are raw and their grief is profound.

If Rees-Mogg is willing to talk to us, we’re happy to take him through how wrong he is about Grenfell.

His sense of superiority renders him incapable of understanding the horrific choices that the former residents were faced with that night. His inability to show any humanity is intrinsically tied to his colossal wealth (circa £55million) and privilege; he is smugly comfortable that he has no understanding or empathy for ordinary members of society.

In fact, Rees-Mogg has a history of this type of behaviour. Reclining at leisure for 40 winks on the House of Commons benches is a recent example, however, there is more.

In 2013 he spoke at the annual dinner of Traditional Britain Group – an alt-right organisation calling for British people of colour to be deported. Just months later, the group called on Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence, to return to her ‘natural homeland’.

He has voted 52 times to reduce the spending on benefits.

He has voted to repeal the human rights act.

He voted against raising benefits five times in 2013.

Last summer, he defended Boris Johnson after the now prime minister wrote that the burqa was ‘oppressive and ridiculous’ and compared Muslim women to ‘bank-robbers’ and ‘letterboxes’. Rees-Mogg also criticised the Tory party for initiating disciplinary action against Boris.

His attitude and behaviour is not conducive with the competencies required to represent any member of society as an MP. He does not have the manners, values, dignity or integrity that 21st century Britain requires and expects from public figures.

He has no respect for others. His apology for his comment on Grenfell is too late and he cannot explain why it caused offence – his attitude and behaviour will not change. His constituents must vote him out on December 12th.

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