Jacob Rees-Mogg is strongly considering another run for Parliament (Image: PA)
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg revealed he is "very strongly" considering standing at the next general election after losing his seat.
The former Tory minister, who lost the constituency of North East Somerset to Labour by more than 5,000 votes at last month's ballot, said the Conservatives "deserved" to lose the election.
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Sir Jacob was appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Sunday as part of The Political Party with Matt Forde show.
He said he was not sure if he would seek election in 2029 but added that his recent loss was not a "shock".
The Brexiteer told the audience: "I am not absolutely certain but I love politics and I love being in the Parliament.
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"So I am thinking very strongly about standing again."
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Sir Jacob said he knew his party could not "overcome a 20% deficit in the opinion polls".
He added: "I wrote to my children at boarding school before the election to say 'look I will probably lose'. I tried my best to warn them that I was going to lose my seat.
"We governed badly, we hadn't done what we told people we would do. We put up taxes when we said that we wouldn't, we hadn't dealt with migration and we hadn't governed well.
"I can't pretend we didn't deserve it."
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But the former Tory MP praised previous prime minister Rishi Sunak, adding he was "very impressed" that he had handled the election result with "great dignity".
And he defended ex-prime minister Liz Truss, saying: "I think the attacks on her have become deeply unpleasant and go beyond the normal political criticism and have become very personal. She is not a bad person."
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Sir Jacob told the audience of the impact being a politician had on his family, adding that his eldest son, aged 16, received hate mail following the election.
He said: "I think to send a piece of hate mail to a 16-year-old because you don't like his father is an awful thing to do and just fundamentally nasty.
"It is not my son's fault that I have the political views that I do and it is cowardly, because if you don't agree with me then you should get in touch with me - put your name on the bottom of it - but to write to a 16-year-old is just loathsome."