The Brexit supporter said the EU should be treating the UK as an equal as Britain negations its exit from the Brussels bloc.
Speaking after the Prime Minister's address in the House of Commons, where she said a “creative solution” for a new economic relationship was needed, Mr Rees-Mogg took aim at the EU.
The Tory MP for North East Somerset claimed the “guidelines” set up by the EU were of their “own invention”.
He told Sky News: “These are not strict guidelines, these are guidelines they have invented for themselves.
Speaking after the Prime Minister's address in the House of Commons, where she said a “creative solution” for a new economic relationship was needed, Mr Rees-Mogg took aim at the EU.
The Tory MP for North East Somerset claimed the “guidelines” set up by the EU were of their “own invention”.
He told Sky News: “These are not strict guidelines, these are guidelines they have invented for themselves.
Jacob, Jacob, Jacob. Look at you reduced to a supplicant grovelling before the altar of EU bureaucracy. You've let yourself down, you've let Nanny down, you've let the whole school down.
The UK should be setting the rules and guidelines, and making the EU comply if they want access to the UK market. Remember, they have more to lose than the UK does.
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