Jacob Rees-Mogg claims it could take “50 years” to see benefits of Brexit

It comes after Conservative backbencher Anna Soubry said Jacob Rees-Mogg was now "running our country"

Prominent Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has said that it could take five decades before anybody can accurately assess whether the UK's exit of the European Union is a success. Rees-Mogg - who chairs the influential European Research Group of backbench Tories - made the claim during an interview with Channel 4 presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy. In the interview, Guru-Murthy pressed Rees-Mogg on whether he would resign as an MP if Brexit was proven to be unsuccessful by an economic downturn. Responding, the 49-year-old MP for North East Somerset insisted the full impact of leaving the European Union would not be known for “years to come”, but added that it presented the “greatest opportunity, economically, for this country”. https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1020671636524191745 Despite sitting at the back of the House, Rees-Mogg has played an increasingly prominent role in the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Last week Tory remainer Anna Soubry claimed he was “running the country” after the European Research Group forced government concessions on a series of key Commons vote on Brexit.