A 12-year-old @Jacob_Rees_Mogg asked the BBC to pay him £18 for this interview in 1981. It took place after he went along to the annual general meeting of the then industrial giant GEC – he had been given some shares in the company… #r4today pic.twitter.com/DB8GePks0y

— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) April 27, 2018

“With that sort of determination, he should go far,” was the BBC’s verdict in 1981…