Slouching Jacob Rees-Mogg

About

Slouching Jacob Rees-Mogg refers to a photograph of Member of Parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg lounging on the front bench in Parliament a during late-night debate on Brexit. After the photograph went viral on Twitter, some began editing the image into various situation for humorous effect.

Origin

On September 3rd, 2019, House of Commons Leader MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was seen reclining across the front benches of the House of Commons as his colleagues debated how to proceed with the stalled Brexit negotiations. Others in the house reprimanded him for his body language, chanting "sit up."

That day, MP Anne Turley tweeted^[1] the photograph of Mogg with the caption, "The physical embodiment of arrogance, entitlement, disrespect and contempt for our parliament." The tweet received more than 90,000 likes and 30,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below).

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Following the release of the photograph, people began posting edited variations of the image. New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff tweeted^[2] a version in which Rees-Mogg is part of a Simpsons couch gag. Throughout the day, the tweet received more than 11,000 likes and 3,600 retweets (shown below, left).

Over the next several hours, people began posting images of MP Rees-Mogg in different situations, such as paintings and economic charts (examples below, center and right, respectively).

Several media outlets covered the photograph, including BBC,^[3] The New York Times,^[4] Newsweek,^[5] The Washington Post,^[6] The Guardian^[7] and more.

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