Annunziata Rees-Mogg (born 25 March 1979) is a British politician and freelance journalist whose focus is finance, economics, and European politics. She is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands region, having been elected as a Brexit Party candidate uat the 2019 European Parliamentary elections.
She has been a leader writer for The Daily Telegraph, deputy editor of MoneyWeek, and editor of the European Journal, a Eurosceptic magazine owned by Bill Cash's think tank the European Foundation.
Formerly active in Conservative Party politics, she was added to the Conservative Party's A-List by David Cameron.[2] She was unsuccessful in her attempt as a Conservative parliamentary candidate in the 2005 and 2010 general elections
Early life and education
Annunziata Mary Rees-Mogg is one of the daughters of William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, a former editor of The Times, and his wife Gillian Shakespeare Morris; she is the youngest sister of Jacob Rees-Mogg.
She joined the Conservative Party at the age of five.[5] She later said of this "I was too young to be a Young Conservative, so I joined the main party. Aged eight I was out canvassing, proudly wearing my rosette."[2]
She was educated at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, West London, an independent day school for girls. There, she took A Levels in History, Chemistry and Economics, which she has called "a very odd mix".[6]
Career
After leaving school in 1997, she decided against going to a university and instead tried a series of different jobs, in journalism, investment banking, publishing, public relations, and stockbroking.[5][2] In 1998, she moved with her family to Mells, Somerset.
In 2003 she set up Trust the People, a campaign for a referendum on the European Constitution aimed at those too young to have voted in the Common Market referendum of 1975.[2] Speaking about the 2003 Iraq War, she subsequently said "I think it was a terrible mistake".[2] She opposed the Hunting Act 2004.[7]
In the 2005 general election Rees-Mogg came fourth in the safe Labour seat of Aberavon constituency, South Wales,[3] increasing the Conservative vote from 2,096 to 3,064.[3][6][8]
She was selected as prospective parliamentary candidate for Somerton and Frome in 2006.[5] The Observer said of her, "Having enjoyed finance and journalism, she combined the two in a career as a financial journalist. When she turns to discussing Gordon Brown's economic record, she does so with authority.”[9] In November 2007, she wrote an article for MoneyWeek magazine entitled "How to profit from the world’s water crisis", setting out some of the investment opportunities in the sector.[10] An article in The Sunday Telegraph in October 2009 reported "Some high-profile women are already installed in winnable seats: Louise Bagshawe [now Mensch], Annunziata Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel, Laura Sandys and Joanne Cash will all make colourful additions to the Tory benches."[11] However, at the 2010 general election, Rees-Mogg failed to take the Somerton and Frome seat from the sitting Liberal Democrat member David Heath.[4]
It was reported that in advance of the 2010 election David Cameron had asked Rees-Mogg to shorten her name for political purposes to Nancy Mogg, which her brother Jacob has since said was "a joke".[12][13] Rees-Mogg later commented: "I think it's phoney to pretend to be someone you're not."[7] Cameron subsequently dropped her from the Conservative Party's 2011 pre-selections, despite strong support from many female party members.[14]
On 12 April 2019, she was selected as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the East Midlands constituency in the European Parliament elections,[15] and she won a seat.[16] She resigned the party whip in a December 2019 to support the Conservative Party's Brexit strategy.[17]
Personal life
In September 2010, Rees-Mogg was engaged to Matthew Glanville,[18] and on 6 November 2010 they were married in Italy at Lucca.[19] Four months later, on 8 March 2011, she gave birth to a daughter, Isadora,[20] who was subsequently christened in St Martin's Church, Welton le Marsh in Lincolnshire.[21] In 2018 she gave birth to a second daughter, Molly. In late 2019, she announced she was expecting her third child
She has been a leader writer for The Daily Telegraph, deputy editor of MoneyWeek, and editor of the European Journal, a Eurosceptic magazine owned by Bill Cash's think tank the European Foundation.
Formerly active in Conservative Party politics, she was added to the Conservative Party's A-List by David Cameron.[2] She was unsuccessful in her attempt as a Conservative parliamentary candidate in the 2005 and 2010 general elections
Early life and education
Annunziata Mary Rees-Mogg is one of the daughters of William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, a former editor of The Times, and his wife Gillian Shakespeare Morris; she is the youngest sister of Jacob Rees-Mogg.
She joined the Conservative Party at the age of five.[5] She later said of this "I was too young to be a Young Conservative, so I joined the main party. Aged eight I was out canvassing, proudly wearing my rosette."[2]
She was educated at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, West London, an independent day school for girls. There, she took A Levels in History, Chemistry and Economics, which she has called "a very odd mix".[6]
Career
After leaving school in 1997, she decided against going to a university and instead tried a series of different jobs, in journalism, investment banking, publishing, public relations, and stockbroking.[5][2] In 1998, she moved with her family to Mells, Somerset.
In 2003 she set up Trust the People, a campaign for a referendum on the European Constitution aimed at those too young to have voted in the Common Market referendum of 1975.[2] Speaking about the 2003 Iraq War, she subsequently said "I think it was a terrible mistake".[2] She opposed the Hunting Act 2004.[7]
In the 2005 general election Rees-Mogg came fourth in the safe Labour seat of Aberavon constituency, South Wales,[3] increasing the Conservative vote from 2,096 to 3,064.[3][6][8]
She was selected as prospective parliamentary candidate for Somerton and Frome in 2006.[5] The Observer said of her, "Having enjoyed finance and journalism, she combined the two in a career as a financial journalist. When she turns to discussing Gordon Brown's economic record, she does so with authority.”[9] In November 2007, she wrote an article for MoneyWeek magazine entitled "How to profit from the world’s water crisis", setting out some of the investment opportunities in the sector.[10] An article in The Sunday Telegraph in October 2009 reported "Some high-profile women are already installed in winnable seats: Louise Bagshawe [now Mensch], Annunziata Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel, Laura Sandys and Joanne Cash will all make colourful additions to the Tory benches."[11] However, at the 2010 general election, Rees-Mogg failed to take the Somerton and Frome seat from the sitting Liberal Democrat member David Heath.[4]
It was reported that in advance of the 2010 election David Cameron had asked Rees-Mogg to shorten her name for political purposes to Nancy Mogg, which her brother Jacob has since said was "a joke".[12][13] Rees-Mogg later commented: "I think it's phoney to pretend to be someone you're not."[7] Cameron subsequently dropped her from the Conservative Party's 2011 pre-selections, despite strong support from many female party members.[14]
On 12 April 2019, she was selected as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the East Midlands constituency in the European Parliament elections,[15] and she won a seat.[16] She resigned the party whip in a December 2019 to support the Conservative Party's Brexit strategy.[17]
Personal life
In September 2010, Rees-Mogg was engaged to Matthew Glanville,[18] and on 6 November 2010 they were married in Italy at Lucca.[19] Four months later, on 8 March 2011, she gave birth to a daughter, Isadora,[20] who was subsequently christened in St Martin's Church, Welton le Marsh in Lincolnshire.[21] In 2018 she gave birth to a second daughter, Molly. In late 2019, she announced she was expecting her third child
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