Jacob Rees-Mogg finds an unlikely fan in Mhairi Black

In Mhairi Black’s maiden speech in the House of Commons, the young SNP MP voiced her opposition to the Tories by criticising George Osborne over his party’s housing policy. However, despite calling the Conservatives ‘a really dangerous party’ in an interview with the Guardian, it appears Black has at least softened in her approach to some members of the party. The SNP MP says that she has a lot of time for Jacob Rees-Mogg, adding that she could listen to the eurosceptic Tory MP all day:

‘I could sit and listen to him all day, I disagree with him 99.9 per cent of the time, and that wee percent is just because he’s got good manners. But I love listening to him, his knowledge is incredible, and he’s so polite.’

Later in the interview, the media-shy Black — who says she ‘scorns the idiotic women’s magazines who wanted to do interviews with her’ – reveals that she recently turned down a book deal:

‘I had people wanting me to write an autobiography: I was born.