The National:

FROM the name, you would be forgiven for thinking that key figures in the Conservative and Unionist party cared a little about the Union.

However, if Jacob Rees-Mogg is anything to go by, it seems there’s very little they won’t sacrifice to keep their blowhard boss in his role.

Calls have been mounting for Boris Johnson to step down as Prime Minister after he admitted attending a “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden while the rest of the UK followed strict lockdown laws.

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However, the UK Government has been determined to dismiss those calls, even when they came from within their own party.

Douglas Ross has found himself branded a “lightweight” by his own supposed allies for daring to speak against Johnson - but that’s not the worst of it.

At least, after all, it seems they know his name.

The same can’t be said for Andrew RT Davies, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives (pictured below).

The National: Leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies

In the wake of Rees-Mogg’s extraordinary double-broadside aimed at Ross, MPs quizzed the top Tory in the House of Commons.

Kevin Brennan, the Labour MP for Cardiff West, said in Westminster: “Following his disparaging remarks about the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, can we have a statement from him [Rees-Mogg] about exactly what he meant by that.

“For example, does he think the leader of the Welsh Conservatives is a lightweight figure, and can he name him?”

The question itself drew laughter from the MPs present, but not as much as Rees-Mogg’s spectacular ignorance was about to.

Hesitating and laughing amid jeers from the benches, Rees-Mogg said in the end: “My honourable friend the Secretary of State for Wales is called Simon Hart.”

That is true, but it’s not the answer to the question.

Embarrassingly, it seems the Tory Leader of the House of Commons can’t even name the leader of his party in Wales.