Cautionary Tales: 'Jacob, who tried to bring his country to disaster and perdition but ended up as an EU bureaucrat.

In the Commons,  Jacob Rees-Mogg, quoting the Anglo-French writer, Hilaire Belloc accused the PM of being like the 'boy who wants to keep a-hold of nurse, for fear of finding something worse',  .  Apart from the fact that the boy, Jim, was actually torn to pieces by a lion, which makes it a rather inappropriate metaphor for leaving the EU,  it seems that Mr Rees-Mogg should be better acquainted with more of Hilaire Belloc's work,  a lesser known example of which I append below:

Jacob... who disliked all foreigners and brought his country to ruin and perdition in consequence...

There was a boy whose name was Jake,
-His parents believed him a mistake-
But as they had a lot of dosh,
They brought him up to be quite posh.
From Eton, then to Trinity,
His parents paid his every fee.
And friends said, "He'll go very far,
With such a very famous pa!"
And so, on gaining 23,
He was appointed an MP.
The forelock tugging voters thought,
A gent like this, is whom we sought!

But Jacob from his earliest years,
Had always had irrational fears.
And even at the age of one,
He said, "Mama, I loathe the hun!"
And when he met the French or Dutch,
He didn't like it very much!
And so, 'twas Jacob's special failing,
To emulate his friend, Chris Grayling.
He wanted Britain as a nation,
To live in splendid isolation.
No matter that would mean decline,
He thought, 'For me it will be fine,
And all my eurosceptic mates,
Will think that I am really great!

Alas, and so as Jake would fix it,
The country moved towards a Brexit,
And Boris joined him in his quest,
(He always liked a hearty jest)

But now,the warning in my tale,
Young Jacob's bid was bound to fail,
He thought his voters were all yobs,
And cared not if they lost their jobs,
Nor if the country went quite bust,
Not if his worthy cause was just.

But when May's deal was voted down,
All Jacob did was frown and frown,
For well he knew that his 'no deal',
Was fantasy and never real.

When MPs  said, 'Go get your coat!
We're backing now a People's vote!'
Poor Jacob Mogg began to cry,
He stamped his foot and to defy,
This unexpected double whammy,
He went right home to find his nanny!

Ironically,  his new career,
When he had shed his final tear,
Because of his absurd omission,
They made him president of the Commission!

Hilarious Belloc
November 2018