The ERG, the new Militant tendency?
Last year I called Jeremy Corbyn the new Maggie. I don’t suppose that will be appearing on the side of a Labour election battle bus any time soon. A pity. The Twitterstorm that would have followed would have been such fun. So let’s see if I can be even more provoking this year. Jacob Rees-Mogg and Derek Hatton have a surprising amount in common: their Catholicism (Jacob modelling himself on Waugh’s Bridey, Derek coming from the cradle Irish Catholic strand, to…