This is the hilarious moment Jacob Rees-Mogg’s son gatecrashed his father’s interview while the cameras were rolling in their Somerset mansion.
The Tory MP was in the middle of a sit-down with Sky News’ Kay Burley in his kitchen when 11-year-old Peter made his grand entrance.
The wide-ranging chat had echoes of David Cameron and Ed Miliband’s infamous, and heavily mocked, kitchen interviews in the lead up to the 2015 General Election.
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was interviewed by Sky News from the comfort of his Somerset country mansion
Peter Rees-Mogg crashed his father’s chat mid-way through while the cameras were rolling
Kay Burley shook the 11-year-old’s hand before jumping back into the interview with the MP for North East Somerset
Both Kay and the MP for North East Somerset sipped on hot beverages from delft china tea cups in the swanky kitchen, kitted out with what appeared to be a £300 KitchenAid Artisan food mixer and a large set of very sharp knives.
There were modest appliances like a £85 Morphy Richards microwave and £40 Russell Hobbs cream kettle that were also seen on the counter-tops.
During the chat, Mr Rees-Mogg said it would be ‘bizarre’ for Theresa May to retreat from her stance on taking the UK out of the customs union.
A delft china tea set can be seen on the table accompanied by a plate of cookies. Modest appliances like a £85 Morphy Richards microwave and £40 Russell Hobbs kettle (both circled, left) sit on the counter-tops and a rack of sharp knives hangs on the wall
The pair sipped from the fancy tea cups while discussing hard hitting topics like Brexit, Donald Trump and abortion
In a message to the Prime Minister that she should stick to her Brexit red lines, the European Research Group (ERG) chairman stressed that it was a manifesto commitment to leave the customs union.
Mr Rees-Mogg also used the major interview to suggest that the ‘reddest of red carpets’ should be rolled out for Donald Trump and he should be allowed to address MPs and peers in Parliament if he wants to.
Mr Rees-Mogg’s ERG has been accused of acting like Vladimir Putin’s Russia by wielding a ‘veto’ over Brexit policy.
But Mr Rees-Mogg, who has previously described the Prime Minister’s approach to Brext as ‘enigmatic’, insisted he backed her approach.
Peter, one of six children, looked shy as he made his way in front of the cameras to his father
The ERG wrote to the Prime Minister setting out their opposition to the proposed ‘customs partnership’ which would see the UK effectively levy import tariffs on behalf of the EU.
The Brexit ‘war cabinet’ of 11 senior ministers is subsequently thought to have split 6-5 against the plan, despite the Prime Minister’s support for it.
The need to find a solution could lead to parliamentary pressure to accept remaining in a full customs union with the EU.
But Mr Rees-Mogg said: ‘I trust the Prime Minister. She has said on so many occasions that she will take us out of the customs union.
‘It was in the Conservative Party manifesto.
‘That is the platform on which this country is being governed.
‘It is bizarre to think that she would retreat from that promise.’
The backbencher, tipped as a future Tory leader, denied wanting to be prime minister and warned colleagues against attempting to oust Mrs May.
‘My general view is that the Conservative Party, when it does that sort of thing, when it has those periodic fits, causes itself more problems than solutions,’ he said.
‘The Margaret Thatcher instance is the best case in point and that left the party damaged for 30 years.’
Ahead of the US president’s visit to the UK in July, Mr Rees-Mogg said he should be allowed to address Parliament.
Commons Speaker John Bercow has set out his opposition to Mr Trump being given the honour of speaking in Westminster Hall, the oldest and most prestigious part of the Palace of Westminster.
But peers have suggested that the president could speak in the Royal Gallery – as Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton did – where Mr Bercow’s opposition would carry less weight.
Mr Rees-Mogg told Sky News: ‘Our relationship with the United States is our most important foreign relationship and whoever the president of the United States is, it is in our interest to treat him with the greatest respect and courtesy.
During the wide-ranging interview the Tory MP restated his strict views on abortion
‘If that is what Mr Trump wants to do, of course it would be sensible to lay out the reddest of red carpets for him.
‘He is a major ally. We have so many interests in common.’
Mr Rees-Mogg invited the cameras into his Somerset country house for the wide-ranging interview which will do little to diminish speculation about his political ambition.
But asked if he wanted to be prime minister he said: ‘No. I like being the Member of Parliament for North East Somerset.’
Speaking to Kay Burley in his kitchen, he restated his strict views on abortion, informed by his Catholic faith.
‘It is never licit,’ he said.
He said a situation where an expectant mother did not want to be pregnant he said: ‘You have got to think about the new life as well as the older life – there are two lives, that’s the point.’
But if the mother’s life was at risk ‘then it’s not a question of abortion’ because ‘the duty of the physician is to preserve life and if the preserving of the mother’s life means that the child’s life cannot be preserved, that is something that may happen’.