The Mogcast, a fortnightly conversation with Jacob Rees Mogg about the topics of the day.

Welcome to the 71st Mogast. This is Paul Goodman, editor of Conservative Fame, in conversation with Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Jacob, good afternoon.

Paul, good afternoon.

Thank you for coming in.

It says that the generic start of the Moncast that I will discuss with you the issues of the day.

I didn't know when the Montcalfe began that,

after all, you weren't leader of the house then,

that these conversations would sometimes become

slightly inquisitorial in tone.

But today, naturally, I have to throw such words as blackmail and intimidation

around the table, and we'll see what comes of that. But I wanted to start with Nuzgani's

claims about the chief weapon anti-Muslim hatred.

And it's obviously completely fruitless to have a discussion about who said what.

So you have two people saying completely different things.

And the prime minister has ordered an inquiry.

So actually, I thought I'd ask a general question off the back of what's

happened, as it were, which is, to what extent do you think anti-Muslim prejudice is a problem

within the Conservative Party, if at all? I think the Tory party is genuinely the most tolerant political party in the country.

I think it has the greatest respect for religion.

It has the greatest tolerance of religious views and is the most religion blind in terms of how people get on within the Conservative Party. Now, why do I say that?

Well, I actually say it from my Catholic perspective, that David Alton had to leave the Lib Dems

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