Given the chaotic scenes in the House of Commons yesterday you could be forgiven for thinking that some MPs were a bit worn out and needed a little lie-down.
Yet with the future of the country literally hanging in the balance you'd expect our elected officials to act in a fit and proper manner and not slouch around like they didn't have a care in the world.
However, the MP that we are talking about today is Jacob Rees-Mogg, a man who hasn't exactly done himself any favours in recent weeks and wasn't exactly winning any friends in Westminster yesterday.
During last night's emergency debate on the government's no-deal Brexit plans, which was successfully blocked thanks to rebel MPs, Rees-Mogg apparently felt that while the chamber was mostly empty it would be perfectly fine to kick-back and recline on one of the famous green benches.
Leader of the House @Jacob_Rees_Mogg literally reclining on the front benches, casually smirking, as MPs debate thi… https://t.co/yeNunC10sG— Jonathan Andrew (@Jonathan Andrew) 1567541001
Needless to say, his fellow MPs were not impressed with this egotistical display, with the Green Party's Caroline Lucas even telling him off.
Staggering arrogance from Jacob Rees Mogg, decrying Parliament for not bowing down in subservience to the ‘executiv… https://t.co/FgbF3umhjV— Heidi Allen (@Heidi Allen) 1567537309
I grew up on a council estate in a pit village in Co. Durham. I was taught to sit up straight and show respect. … https://t.co/nqAGZQAAih— Phil Wilson (@Phil Wilson) 1567555720
The physical embodiment of arrogance, entitlement, disrespect and contempt for our parliament. https://t.co/XdnFQmkfCS— Anna Turley 🌹💙 (@Anna Turley 🌹💙) 1567541620
This is the moment MPs shout at @Jacob_Rees_Mogg to 'sit up' after his body language and attitude during the ongoin… https://t.co/oiSPUEY7NB— ITV News (@ITV News) 1567542720
After the pictures and footage found their way on to social media, people were merciless in the condemnation of the Leader of the House and his 'relaxed' approach to the proceedings.
Not sure the Government can be this relaxed today... MPs on course to block #NoDeal AND could reject request for… https://t.co/RyH5w2K53Q— Sarah-Jane Mee (@Sarah-Jane Mee) 1567576684
@skysarahjane @tamcohen @skynewsniall @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @SkyNews https://t.co/mGr4xd5f7J— Andrew Maddy* (@Andrew Maddy*) 1567576844
Someone tell Rees-Mogg to sit UP. What a child. https://t.co/uOcuWr7uYB— Rhodri Marsden (@Rhodri Marsden) 1567539762
£79,000 a year https://t.co/TR5HDcDqds— James Felton (@James Felton) 1567543254
Jacob Rees-Mogg here, lounging ostentatiously on the front bench like the fucking Agatha Christie villain he is, li… https://t.co/aYQTGmjCKm— iucounu (@iucounu) 1567539974
A picture that encapsulates the pompous self-entitlement of Jacob Rees-Mogg. It should be plastered on red buses ev… https://t.co/pAviqmby2l— James Melville (@James Melville) 1567577143
Jacob Rees-Mogg lolling horizontally on the front bench during tonight’s emergency debate is as insolent and insuff… https://t.co/MKDyjrNTJ8— Hugh Laurie (@Hugh Laurie) 1567542455
Sit up, Mogg. That woman next to you is not your nanny, she’s not about to flannel wash your bits. https://t.co/qRJqhbtyqG— Stephen Mangan (@Stephen Mangan) 1567542639
When one has had an elegant sufficiency at 3-shots-for-a-quid night, yet also had the monstrous good fortune to obt… https://t.co/j9Esa89TKJ— Andrew R (@Andrew R) 1567542244
#JacobReesMogg in a nutshell. His problem is, as it’s always been, that he conflates “expensively educated” with “c… https://t.co/4ZKJT4fYiz— Mitch Benn 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@Mitch Benn 🇬🇧🇪🇺) 1567542392
Fuck me. These fucking people. https://t.co/wJCtvBsXz6— Davey Jones (@Davey Jones) 1567542150
Journalist, David Allen Green had a different theory for the bizarre behaviour - perhaps Rees-Mogg was paying an odd tribute to MPs from the past but as you may have gathered, people aren't too keen on it in 2019.
I think he does this because some late Victorian and Edwardian Tory MPs like Lord Randolph Churchill and FE Smith a… https://t.co/ICNW6VYi05— davidallengreen (@davidallengreen) 1567541453
HT The Poke