Jacob Rees-Mogg faces sacking calls after Soros remark ‘straight from the far-right’s antisemitic playbook’

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Boris Johnson is facing calls to sack Jacob Rees-Mogg after the Commons leader was accused of making comments “straight from the far right’s antisemitic playbook” during a parliamentary debate. Mr Rees-Mogg has become embroiled in a row over “dog whistle” comments he made about Hungarian businessman George Soros, who he described as the “Remoaner funder-in-chief”. The row centres on an exchange between Mr Rees-Mogg and his Labour counterpart Valerie Vaz, who said hedge fund manager Crispin Odey – a backer of a no-deal Brexit – had “made £220m overnight as sterling slumped after the 2016 referendum result”. “So I fear all she is saying is that Mr Soros is a better hedge fund manager than my good friend Crispin Odey, who is a great friend of mine and, indeed, supporter of mine.” Lord Dubs, a Labour peer, said: “Boris Johnson must condemn his remarks about a Holocaust survivor and remove him from his cabinet.