6. Rees-Mogg says we mustn't make judgements "from the comfort of 2019". We don't have to. Emily Hobhouse, who exposed the camps at the time, accused Kitchener of "a degradation both to the office & the manhood of your soldiers. I feel ashamed to own you as a fellow-countryman."

— Robert Saunders (@redhistorian) February 15, 2019