The veteran Brexiteer also avoids vegetables and instead fuels his body on the campaign trail with instant coffee so thick it has the consistency of tar .
One left school aged 11 to work on the roads, the other is the son of the former editor of the London times, yet as ALISON BOSHOFF describes, each man is remarkably similar.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Leader of the House of Commons, said that Boris Johnson was an exceptional leader who unlocked the country when others refused to do so.