A poll of Tory activists for the ConservativeHome website last week found Rees Mogg in second place as their preferred next party leader, just behind Brexit secretary David Davis. (totalpolitics.com)
4th July 2016, Conservative Home: Our special Next Party Leader survey result. (esrcpartymembersproject.org)
The rising Tory star, touted as a possible next party leader, admitted that the brief office romance with a former colleague was «a dreadful mistake» but said his wife Joanne had forgiven him. (dailymail.co.uk)