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[Lucy Waterman]

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Tubby Isaacs wrote: Gove is going to come 2nd, isn't he?

It's going to BE Gove. That's my fear.

[Tubby Isaacs]

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I know what you mean. Hopefully she'll make an offer of him leading Brexit, and he'll either say he'd do it and look subordinate or refuse and look petulant.

[Lang Spoon]

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Bloody hell I don't wish for any of this. I don't even think this is a very good plan. But I do see the logic in it . Gove is unelectable (assumes the plan). Brexiteer female challenger to (the atrocious) May is a bigger problem than Gove.

[jameswba]

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You'd think there'd be enough Tories who hate Gove to ensure that May would win against him.

But then this is the Tories. It's also true that the more loathsome someone is, the more likely Tories are to vote for him/her.

[Moonlight Shadow]

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Gove was described as like a Maoist, who believes in creative destruction as a mean to progress...bodes well....

[Belhaven]

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I don't follow British politics closely enough to have paid much attention to Michael Gove before the referendum, but I have to say it is beyond comprehension how one person can be such such a thoroughbred nutter and still be in a position of power. I can't find one redeeming feature about him or his repellant views. He just ticks every box for a horrible person.

[Levin]

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He used to write for The Times. He has convictions and that will carry you a long way.

[N est à?]

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Next ballot is, what, tomorrow?

[Felicity, I guess so]

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Gove used to be on The Late Show culture reviewing after Newsnight on a Friday. One of the most embarrassing attempts at BBC 'balance' ever: those interlecktuals are all so leftwing, we'd better get a representative of the fish people in.

He was infuriatingly out of his death, but it became funny watching Paul Morley wind him up/take the piss.

[Snake Plissken]

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Le Vin wrote: He used to write for The Times. He has convictions and that will carry you a long way.

Obligatory link

[Lang Spoon]

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Crapola, no entry access denied. Has Gove got the site taken down? Bastard, whole world needs to see that cartoon strip.

[Snake Plissken]

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Working for me.

[WOM]

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Yup. It's cute, too.

[Lang Spoon]

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Snake Plissken wrote: Working for me.

Bloody hell, works for me on wifi. What fish faced badness does my 3G provider (rhymes with fuckbagsfone) think lies behind that URL?

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[axolotl]

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by gove he's got it,....oh, no, .......wait

[Borracho]

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Felicity, I guess so wrote: One of the most embarrassing attempts at BBC 'balance' ever: those interlecktuals are all so leftwing, we'd better get a representative of the fish people in.

Ha ha ha

[Calvert]

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Apologies if it's been done already, but there are some quality insults aimed at the haunted pork mannequin here...

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_57...83dnfp1njkmx6r

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

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Andrea Leadsom looks like Ian McKellen in a wig. I'm not sure how that's going to affect her chances.

[Benjm]

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Similar talent for make believe, at any rate.

'When I said I was Lord of the Rings, I meant Deputy Assistant Caterer of the Rings...'

[Sean of the Shed]

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Seeing as Chilcott has now been published, has there been mention of Gove's opinion of the Iraq war and aftermath back in 2008?

The liberation of Iraq has actually been that rarest of things – a proper British foreign policy success. Next year, while the world goes into recession, Iraq is likely to enjoy 10% GDP growth. Alone in the Arab Middle East, it is now a fully functioning democracy with a free press, properly contested elections and an independent judiciary ... Sunni and Shia contend for power in parliament, not in street battles. The ingenuity, idealism and intelligence of the Iraqi people can now find an outlet in a free society rather than being deployed, as they were for decades, simply to ensure survival in a fascist republic that stank of fear.

This is how he saw Iraq progressing following the war, so God only knows what he forecasts for a post-Brexit Britain.

[Diable Rouge]

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Hmmm, Leadsom seems distinctly odd - she didn't agree with same-sex marriage, wants to bring back foxhunting, and her comments on EU citizens and the single market are far from re-assuring.

[Ginger Yellow]

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Sounds like a pretty standard old-school Tory to me.

[ursus arctos]

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Complete with the offshore brother in law funding various projects.

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Theresa May - 199

Andrea Leadsom - 84

Michael Gove - 46