Jacob Rees-Mogg to tour the UK’s Brexit heartlands in a Baywatch truck formerly used by street cleaners
- Jacob Rees-Mogg to embark on a pro-Boris tour in a bright yellow Ford Ranger
- The truck was fomerly used by council street cleaners and done up by Jake Berry
- Johnson ally Jake Berry bought it for £4,000 two months ago and converted it into a mobile campaigning centre
Jacob Rees-Mogg is set to embark on a pro-Boris tour in a bright yellow truck like the ones used in the cheesy 1990s American TV series Baywatch.
The distinctive Ford Ranger – fomerly used by council street cleaners – has even been nicknamed Pamela, after the lifeguard drama’s pneumatic star, Pamela Anderson.
It is owned by Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry, a Johnson ally, who bought it for £4,000 two months ago and has converted it into a mobile campaigning centre. He and Mr Rees-Mogg will take the truck on a 170-mile tour from Cleethorpes to Blackpool on Thursday.
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s yellow campaign truck, a Ford Ranger, that he will take on a 170-mile tour from Cleethorpes to Blackpool on Thursday
They will visit marginal Tory seats in the North of England such as Goole, Morley and Preston to bolster support for their candidate.
Echoing US President Donald Trump’s famous campaign slogan, Mr Berry told The Mail on Sunday: ‘We are on a coast-to-coast mission to prove Boris can make the North great again.
Jacob Rees Mogg MP at a Brexit Question Time held by Brighton College on July 1
‘We are going across the Northern Powerhouse to visit Conservative associations and explain why Boris is the only man who can unite the party and the country.
‘People love Jacob everywhere, he’s up here quite a lot and I’m sure he’s going to go down brilliantly.’
Mr Johnson said this week that he believes the Northern Powerhouse Minister should be in the Cabinet, with Mr Berry highly tipped to retain the role in a Johnson administration. The Tory frontrunner told the Yorkshire Post: ‘There will be somebody absolutely representing the Northern Powerhouse and the interests of the North, you bet, in the Cabinet.’
- Boris Johnson’s sister Rachel risked a family rift last night after mocking her brother’s flagship policy to make more immigrants learn English. She tweeted that she did not understand as ‘we spoke ancient Greek at home’. Mr Johnson’s siblings have been warned by dad Stanley not to risk derailing his tilt for No 10 with public comments.
Boris Johnson Campaigning on Wednesday. Boris Johnson Visits Thames Valley Police Training centre as part of his bid to become the new leader of the Conservative Party and Britain’s new Prime Minister