Jacob Rees-Mogg sent his fans wild today after posting a video of his one-year-old son learning to say ‘Brexit’.
The Tory backbencher put the footage of Alfred, the youngest of his six children, on his Instagram feed.
It shows the toddler on Mr Rees-Mogg’s knee as his siblings urge him to say the word ‘Brexit’.
To the obvious delight of his father – a hardline Eurosceptic who has become a cult figure for his old-fashioned style and traditional Conservative views – Alfred just about manages the task.
The video also drew a rapturous response from the MP’s online followers, who have become known as ‘Moggmentum’.
One, Will Beveridge, posted: ‘Chaps we must raise our sons to have this as their first word, this boy is the son of god.’
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, pictured with wife Helena and their family. Newborn son Sixtus is being carried by nanny Veronica Crook
The Tory backbencher put the footage of Alfred, the youngest of his six children, on his Instagram feed (pictured)
Another, Adam Moses commented: ‘Starting them off young!’
And Anne Bee wrote: ‘Glad to see you’re teaching him good patriotism.’
Mr Rees-Mogg has improbably become the bookies’ favourite to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader.
But answering questions from postgraduate journalism diploma students earlier this week, he said he did not want to be PM.
‘I think want is very much the wrong word,’ he said.
‘If you look at Mrs May, it seems to be quite clear she does it because it’s her duty to do it, I don’t get the impression that it’s a lot of fun for her – it’s hard work.
‘I’ve got six children, it would be very, very difficult as a family man so want is not the right word, I’m very happy as a backbencher and what I do want is Mrs May to stay Prime Minister.’
Mr Rees-Mogg is a devout catholic. Last summer he announced the arrival of his sixth child with wife Helena – named Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher.
The other children’s full names are Alfred Wulfric Leyson Pius, Thomas Wentworth Somerset Dunstan, Peter Theodore Alphege, Anselm Charles Fitzwilliam and Mary Anne Charlotte Emma Rees-Mogg.
Despite having so many children, Mr Rees-Mogg has previously revealed that he has never changed a nappy.
Those duties are apparently shouldered by a nanny who has worked for the Rees-Mogg family for more than five decades.
Despite Mr Rees-Mogg’s endorsement of the PM, he did not completely rule out standing as leader in the future.
Mr Rees-Mogg, a devout catholic, said it would be difficult for him to take on the workload of being PM because he was a ‘family man’