Jacob Rees-Mogg staggered as 12-year-old accuses teachers of 'bullying' him in Roald Dahl free speech row

Ben Chapman

By Ben Chapman


Published: 10/06/2025

- 21:54

Watch the moment Jacob Rees-Mogg is left staggered as a 12-year-old and his father speak to him on GB News about how he felt teachers were "bullying" him in a free speech row.

Andrey, a Year 7 pupil, was called out in front of his Latin class after telling a joke taken from Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

The Roald Dahl novel, which is a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is available to pupils through the school library.

Andrey repeated the joke, originally written by Dahl, in front of a number of classmates, saying: “Why is it difficult to make telephone calls in China? Because there are so many Wings and so many Wongs, you might Wing the Wong number.”

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