Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has today denied being born with a silver spoon in his mouth, insisting that he wouldn’t be seen dead adorned with such a cheap metal.

Rees-Mogg instead claims that he was born with a platinum spoon in his mouth, a much more expensive metal altogether.

‘Perish the thought that I’d ever place silver in my mouth. Silver is the metal of the common man. No, I was born with a platinum spoon in my mouth and I’m very proud of that fact,’ Rees-Mogg told an interviewer.

He continued: ‘Nanny keeps my platinum spoon handy at all times so I never have to use anyone else’s filthy cutlery.’

The Minister for the 1880s then went on a blistering rant about how the elites are ruining Britain, before ending with a whimsical Latin phrase.