Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Rishi Sunak of “behaving like a Borgia” after the Government scaled back its promised post-Brexit bonfire of EU-era laws.
The Prime Minister has faced anger on the right of his party after the Government announced that around 600 laws would be revoked under their legislation, rather than the 4,000 pledged.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, the former Brexit Secretary said: “Politicians need to stick to what they said they will do.
“When Rishi Sunak resigned (as chancellor), he said in his resignation letter to Boris Johnson that he believed the public are ready to hear the truth – our people know that if something is too good to be true, then it’s not true.
“He then said something that people like me wanted to hear, and has failed to deliver it.
“I’m afraid it’s no good being holier-than-thou if you then end up behaving like a Borgia.”
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