Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg finally joins Twitter
His Instagram account, documenting a life spent flitting between Westminster, Lords cricket ground and his huge brood, has already gained nearly 35,000 followers.
And now 'young fogey' MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, 48, Â has landed on Twitter...but his first tweet didn't exactly have the common touch.
The politician, MP for North East Somerset since 2010, decided using a dead language was the best way to align himself to his constituents.
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Watch out Twitter, the 'Moggfather' has arrived: Right-wing Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, 48, Â has posted his first tweet...but his opening gambit on the social media site didn't go down well
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His tweet, in Latin, directly translates into English as 'Times change, and we change with them'
In his first ever tweet, Rees-Mogg wrote: 'Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis', which translates from Latin to English as 'Times change, and we change with them.'
As you might suspect, the tweet - liked 1,300 times so far - was regarded as somewhat pretentious by those who saw it...and the snarky comments came thick and fast.
@theshinkicker lived up to his handle, writing: 'Nothing says change like an ex Etonian schoolboy tweeting in Latin.'Â
@Gambetsu added: 'So you can write Latin, and you think the world is your oyster... Mr JRB, may I suggest that you expand your horizons.'
@SnorkusMimi wrote: 'Is that the name of your next baby?', a reference to the recent birth of Rees-Mogg 's sixth child, Sixtus. Â Â
Others were clearly delighted to have the politician, the subject of a slew of parody accounts, officially tweeting.
@MiekaSmiles wrote: 'It's the M O double G.'Â
Equally delighted, @tibbs_aiden penned: 'Welcome to Twitter, Moggfather.'
There were also memes supporting the Tory MP, with one Twitter user suggesting that Rees-Mogg would 'moggoff' Jeremy Corbyn, a reference to 'mugging off', a phrase currently doing the rounds on ITV2 reality show Love Island. Â
Just two days after opening the account, Rees-Mogg already has more than 6,000 followers...but is yet to tweet any other pearls of wisdom.Â
The adorable picture shows the 48-year-old posing with his near-identical son - with both of them sporting matching suits and oversized Tory rosettes.
Last month, the politician posted a cute picture taken outside an anti-Conservative tattoo parlour while campaigning with his lookalike son, pledging: 'We'll take our business elsewhere.'
The politician left the internet in hysterics with the sarcastic snap which promptly racked up thousands of likes and comments.
It showed the 48-year-old posing with his near-identical son - with both of them sporting matching suits and oversized Tory rosettes.
Rees-Mogg has been branded the 'member for the early 20th century' because of his old-fashioned sensibilities and plummy accent - as well as his love of tweed suits from a bygone era.
But the Instagram image reveals that he is not the only member of the Rees-Mogg clan keeping up the Tory fogey tradition.Â
In another photo uploaded to Instagram the father of five poses with some of his children who are all dressed in Tory blue
Rees-Mogg, pictured with his son buying cake at a fete, has racked up more than 6,000 followers on Instagram
After joining the social media site, he has shared a number of snaps while out on the campaign trail with his immaculately dressed children - racking up more than 6,800 followers.
The proud father of five has described the youngsters as his 'campaign team' and in recent days has posted a series of pictures - including one showing them buying cake at a fete and meeting local residents.
In another, he has dressed all of his children in Tory blue before lining them up on the stairs in their family home for an adorable portrait picture.
Jacob - the second youngest child of the late Lord William Rees-Mogg - is considered to be one of the poshest men in UK politics and was branded 'David Cameron's worst nightmare' following a series of rebellions during his tenure as Prime Minister.Â
Jacob - the second youngest child of the late Lord William Rees-Mogg - is considered to be one of the poshest men in UK politics
He is rumoured to wear wing-collared pyjamas in bed, has never knowingly been seen in casual clothes and, at Tory Party conferences, tethers his plastic security pass to an elegant gold watch chain.
During the 1997 General Election he even took his nanny canvassing during a failed bid to win the safe Labour stronghold of Central Fife.
In 2013 he also caused a stir by commuting from his home in Mayfair to Westminster in a grey 1968 Bentley that he bought at auction for £8,000 when he was just 22.
He told the Daily Mail at the time: ‘I usually drive my Lexus around town, but it’s been broken recently. In fact I’ve got two Bentleys â€" the 1968 one and a 1936 model.’
Friends say he’s changed ‘not a jot’ from their days at Eton, when he carried his belongings in a waxed Harrods bag bearing a Vote Conservative sticker and contemporaries tried to bribe him to swear.
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