Original sentence: " He went on, "[w]hen you go to an MP, you want somebody who will write an articulate letter to the social services or whoever it is to get your problem sorted out.In October 2006, when asked for his reaction to a BBC Newsnight survey showing that Tory parliamentary candidates were still drawn predominantly from private education and/or Oxford or Cambridge, Rees-Mogg replied "[T]he Tory party, when it's elected, has to be able to form a government and it's not going to be able to form a government if it has potted plants as candidates simply to make up quotas
Edited sentence: A further scandal broke in October 2006 when Rees-Mogg was reported as suggesting that those who had not enjoyed a private education or had not studied at Oxford or Cambridge could be compared to "potted plants" and were incapable of writing an articulate letter.He went on, "[w]hen you go to an MP, you want somebody who will write an articulate letter to the social services or whoever it is to get your problem sorted out.When asked for his reaction to a BBC Newsnight survey showing that Tory parliamentary candidates were still drawn predominantly from such institutions, Rees-Mogg replied "[T]he Tory party, when it's elected, has to be able to form a government and it's not going to be able to form a government if it has potted plants as candidates simply to make up quotas