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Michael Gove

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Michael Gove

@michaelgove

Spectator Editor

Joined June 2016

Michael Gove reposted
The Spectator
@spectator
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After a week of government paralysis, it appears something has finally broken the deadlock: John Healey has resigned as Defence Secretary. In a withering letter to Keir Starmer, Healey accused the Prime Minister of being 'unable' and the Treasury 'unwilling to commit the
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Fred de Fossard
@defossardf
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Some people are calling this the best article ever published by @LabourList. Perceptive advice for any future PM of any party, especially on matters of appointments, the use of power and controlling Whitehall.
So you want to be PM? Advice to leadership hopefuls from a former civil servant – LabourList
From labourlist.org
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Michael Gove
@michaelgove
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Sajid Javid
@sajidjavid
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Sorry to see John Healey leave government. We were opposite numbers for a time and, despite being on different sides of politics, I always found him to be decent, honest, capable and respectful. He has rightly earned admiration across Parliament for his public service. I wish
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Jake Wallis Simons
@JakeWSimons
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Hugely powerful and impeccably worded by @LordIanAustin. There are so few ethical voices in the wilderness!
Nicole Lampert
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Michael Gove
@michaelgove
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On the (lack of) money as to why Healey resigned….
The Spectator
@spectator
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I've lost track of the number of times I've heard two things in recent months. Serving and retired military commanders, ministers and former ministers, strategists, advisers and MPs parrot the line that the defence of the country is the first duty of any government. They also
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Michael Gove
@michaelgove
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As ever @ShippersUnbound with the best read on this
Tim Shipman
@ShippersUnbound
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Proof of three things: 1) John Healey is not the shrinking violet some in the military feared 2) The government is in no way taking the current threats to the defence of the realm seriously 3) Starmer government is a sinking ship which can't get out of the docks on key issues
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Jacob Rees-Mogg
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
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This is excellent advice from a first class civil servant.
So you want to be PM? Advice to leadership hopefuls from a former civil servant – LabourList
From labourlist.org
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Tom Tugendhat
@TomTugendhat
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All credit to @JohnHealey_MP. This is the right letter to send.
John Healey
@JohnHealey_MP
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My letter to the Prime Minister
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Michael Gove
@michaelgove
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We @spectator outlined why Keir Starmer is failing on defence this morning - hours later John Healey resigns - confirming our analysis
The Spectator
@spectator
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Few critiques of British mythmaking have been more astute than that of Correlli Barnett. He argued that 18th-century statesmen were hardheaded industrialists and merchants who understood the basis of military power. Then a new culture emerged, created by Victorian
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Michael Gove reposted
The Spectator
@spectator
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A late spring outbreak of righteous indignation is affecting the United Kingdom. It's yet another variant of Palantir Derangement Syndrome. Virologists tracked this smug neurosis as it jumped across the Atlantic from the American left to British Labour. Symptoms include
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Tim Shipman
@ShippersUnbound
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Healey's resignation is far more consequential on an issue of war and peace than Michael Heseltine's over Westland. That was about contracts, this is about whether the Treasury is going to adequately protect the country. Starmer clearly hasn't the clout to deliver what the armed
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Michael Gove reposted
The Spectator
@spectator
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All my life I have been obsessed by black and white birds. Magpies are my tormentors, my morning omens of whether my day will be worthwhile or miserable. Penguins are my salvation. When I'm a little melancholy, I pop along to London Zoo to read them poetry. In my experience,
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Michael Gove reposted
The Spectator
@spectator
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Forever war: Is an exhausted peace the answer, asks Owen Matthews 🔸 Douglas Murray: Are we allowed to feel angry yet? 🔸 Charles Moore: I believe Nicola Sturgeon 🔸 Toby Young: Was I too right-wing for MI6? 🔸 Charlie Methven: England’s best chance spectator.co.uk
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