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William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg (born July 14, 1928) is a journalist and politician in the United Kingdom. He served as editor of the Times newspaper from 1961 to 1981, and still writes comment for the paper. In July 1967 Rees-Mogg wrote the famous editorial " Who Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel " defending Mick Jagger following the Redlands arrests and attacking the UK laws on cannabis usage. He also was on the BBC's Board of Governors and a chairman of the Arts Council. He was made a life peer in 1988, and sits in the House of Lords as a cross-bencherA cross-bencher is a member of the British House of Lords who is not aligned to any particular party. These include the Law Lords and former Speakers of the House of Commons, such as Betty Boothroyd, who by convention are not aligned with either party..Rees-Mogg's stand on drugs led to him being satarised by Private EyePrivate Eye is a fortnightly British satirical magazine- newspaper. It is currently edited by Ian Hislop. History The magazine has its origins in a school magazine edited by Richard Ingrams, William Rushton, Christopher Booker and Paul Foot in the mid 195 as Mogadon Man .
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