and this year, one man has been the beneficiary of that — jacob rees mogg.that eton wit, which means you are never quite sure if he is being self—deprecating or he is really like that? well, he is a star of the fringe — traipsing around from meeting to meeting, attracting quite a following. so we thought we should do some traipsing and following, so we've been tracking him for the last two days. here's a sliver of his conference. music: everybody‘s hero by the desert rose band. # they're building him up # you see his face on tv # he's turning up # in every magazine # got his sights set on you # he's a man of renown #. i can see the headline — it's going to say, who's the dummy?! laughter. hello, i'm jacob rees—mogg, the member of parliament for north east somerset. and newsnight are following me around for a day at conference. 0h, we're not doing that! i said conference — i dropped the definite article. that's one of the things socialists do. i think the people who are talking about me as prime minister are trying to compete with ken dodd in the comedian sta

we do see here, jacob rees—mogg being quoted here, jacob rees—mogg being quoted here and supporting borisjohnsonhe question ofa quite openly so there's the question of a split in the tory party and obviously divided parties don't normally win elections. not if you believe theresa may, when she was on the tv this morning. saying we were united and that we would lead the party into the next election, which might be true on the next election could be in a couple of months, who knows! i think the tory party... it is conference season and if you compare it to the labour party next week, where it felt like there was a cult around jeremy corbyn —— last week. obviously he doesn't have the entire support of the parliamentary labour party but he has a huge amount of momentum, sorry to use that word, but he does. there's a sense of whatjeremy says goes and ina way sense of whatjeremy says goes and in a way he is sense of whatjeremy says goes and inaway he isa sense of whatjeremy says goes and in a way he is a unifying figure or they forced him into being a unifying figure and it's the com plete unifying fi

to steer the referendum and the leave campaign away from the high torque of sovereignty and the jacob rees of the world to maul bread and butter issues like immigration and things working class voters care about. that is the area that theresa may must be in if she wants to win the next election, keeping the working class voters from going to labour. in that sense it may be a canny move but there are areas where it may not be so. for example, he didn't get on with the other brexiteers, such as dominic cummings, who was sidelined in the campaign, a close ally of michael gove and there are questions over whether that rivalry may come back out. and the tories must target young people if they want to do well in the next election and really new to the kind of corbyn threat and i'm not sure how matthew elliott fits in —— airbnb the threat —— elliott has a history of bringing along heavy hitters to push towards along heavy hitters to push towards a certain goal, he is very goal oriented. to bring the party together, he does not seem like a bad pick. also he has a very liberal version of brexit whi

and more on the conservatives in the sunday mirror which claims the prominent pro—life tory mp jacob reeshas admitted to benefiting financially from a firm which produces drugs to end pregnancies. now on bbc news, click. this week... explosions. big taps. and goats on the loose. the beautiful welsh countryside. home to valleys, lakes, the odd feral goat and... ..electric mountain. hidden inside this mountain is the dinorwig pumped storage power station and it is basically a monster battery. it stores energy by pumping water from this lake to a lake at the top of the mountain and then letting it flow back downhill, releasing that energy at times of peak demand. when you pop the kettle on during breaks in championship matches of that sport they call football, this bad boy springs into action to supplement our national grid, delivering power to our homes in under 12 seconds. it's an incredible view. it's one of the fastest responding power stations on the planet and we'll have a nosy inside the thing later in the programme. dinorwig offers a semi—renewable energy solution at a time when our

at the conference, you were there, i only read about it, i understand that jacob rees mogg was the kindb of the fringe meetings with i9th—century dress, it only, against gay marriage, against abortion on all circumstances —— underany abortion on all circumstances —— under any circumstances, likening brexit to the battle of agincourt and all these emotional ideas of british weakness, rather than this isa tough, british weakness, rather than this is a tough, cobb located problem that britain is bringing on itself, where the economy is growing the slowest in europe. regarding the labour party, i think jeremy corbyn is in an easy position. but, if we finally see jeremy corbyn as prime minister, who knows? one thing is clear, over the last two years, anything could happen. we will have the same problem, a party completely split and without any connection. remembering most of the members of parliament, labour, support remain. but in the brexit referendum we see a lot of labour supporters support brexit. if finally we are going to see the labour party is going to have the same situation. alex,

at the conference, you were there, i only read about it, i understand that jacob rees mogg was the kindrob of the fringe meetings. distinctive. 19th—century dress, against gay marriage, against abortion in all circumstances, and likened brexit to waterloo, and the battle of agincourt, and all these emotional ideas of british greatness, rather than this tough, complicated problem that britain is bringing on itself, where the economy is now growing... together. every party has conference darlings and that shouldn't distract you from the main point. where you are right — this demonstrates how wrong it would be to change leadership right now in the difficult circumstances. wrong to suggest britain is weak. can't find people! useless in brussels! useless country? you want to get out and don't know how to get out! we had two peifer you! —— we had two talk for you! talking about an entire country? some would call that racism. the other conferences... i don't know? what does that mean? he just called me racist! i said you are a useless country on brexit! the other conferences... the labour part

at the conference, you were there, i only read about it, i understand that jacob rees—mogg was the kindnge meetings. he's a distinctive... with19th—century dress, etonian, against gay marriage, against abortion in all circumstances, who likened brexit to waterloo, the battle of agincourt and all these emotional ideas of british greatness, rather than this is a tough, complicated problem that britain is bringing on itself, where the economy is growing the slowest in europe. together... every party has conference darlings and that shouldn't distract you from the main point. where you are right — this demonstrates how wrong it would be to change leadership right now in the difficult circumstances. wrong to suggest my country is weak. the administration! they are not together. they can't find people. they are useless in brussels. useless country. did you say useless country? useless country. you want to get out and don't know how to get out! we have to pay for you? no way. talking about an entire country? some would call that racism. come on. i am going to interject and ask you about the ot

and more on the conservatives in the sunday mirror, which claims the prominent pro—life tory mp, jacob reesdmitted to benefiting financially from a firm which produces drugs to end pregnancies. now on bbc news, race and pace — a look at the impact west indian players who have made on the lancashire cricket league over the last 90 years. this is a story about small white towns and the biggest black stars. bowling very fast! we are talking about the best players in the world. these guys were clamouring to come and play in lancashire league cricket. when east meets west. rainy east lancashire meeting the sunny west indies. what a marvellous stroke. for the biggest name ever to play in the lancashire league, there was a welcome to match. it was just a special time in a home away from home. a story which starts with reticence and racism. he broke the barriers. they had been fed with the idea that black people are not really people, that they're lesser and that they're not very bright. but ends with lifelong friendships linking accrington with antigua, burnley and barbados. we've remained friends

and more on the conservatives in the sunday mirror, which claims the prominent pro—life tory mp, jacob rees drugs to end pregnancies. there we are. a lot of front pages focusing on the conservative party, not surprisingly, they start the conference in manchester. let‘s start with the sunday times. mr macro will not enjoy reading many of these today, but especially the sunday times. it says... well, it‘s her party and she can cry if she wants to, if i can steal a line from pop. it says during the week of grenfell tower, theresa may a p pa re ntly week of grenfell tower, theresa may apparently cried so much that downing street staff became so worried, one suggested standard —— sending for an sas soldier to give her a pep talk to boost her resilience, which is a bit scary because the rest of the nation was weeping for grenfell tower and she was weeping for herself, however... it's a really odd story, i think. 0n the face of it, all good fun and you step i can think about it, if somebody is crying, do you send an sas person to put an arm around them, that's weird, my problem with this is, she c

the european court ofjustice's jurisdiction during the transition period, the likes of cases —— jacob reesy aware of that and that's where i think very little progress is being made at the moment. the next step and the next twist in this plot is next week. eu leaders gathering and discussing what to do next. it takes it away from if you like the bureaucrats to the leaders themselves, essentially where the real decisions are made. how do you think that will go? and we saw yesterday in a press conference david davis was trying to go above michel barnier‘s head. it isn‘t the best tactic, to get the green light to move talks forward. michel barnier says that won‘t happen this time, but he did say in two months when the second meeting happens he hopes there will be progress made. if progress isn‘t made by that point that‘s when it gets worrying, but generally the expectation was we wouldn‘t get to this point at this meeting. so it‘s not all doom and gloom yet, but we will see in two months. iain duncan smith is a prominent tory backbencher and former cabinet member and he says if no progress is