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[65], Gove's second home was not in his constituency, but in Elstead, in the South West Surrey constituency. I did not say, as Mr Gove suggests, that British soldiers in the First World War were consciously fighting for a western liberal order. [170] Interviewed in September 2019, Gove declined to say whether the Government would abide by legislation designed to stop a no-deal Brexit. The 83-year-old multi-award-winning actor was born Maurice Micklewhite and started using an alias when he landed his first job in the 1950s, though his first choice was Michael White. [15] As he entered sixth year he had to apply for a scholarship as his family fell on difficult economic circumstances. 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[242] He has expressed interest in the idea of letting Scottish people living in the other regions of the UK vote in a second Scottish independence referendum. "[234], Gove had to be calmed by parliamentary colleagues in August 2013 after shouting, "A disgrace, you're a disgrace!" [57] Gove also claimed for a cot mattress, despite children's items being banned under updated Commons rules. [54] He made his maiden speech on 7 June 2005, focusing on national security. After he joined the Gove family, Logan's name was changed to Michael Andrew Gove. Your IP: [b] He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath since 2005. As the co-convenor of Vote Leave, Gove was seen, along with Johnson, a fellow Conservative MP, as one of the most prominent figures of the 2016 referendum on EU membership. [144], May offered Gove the post of secretary of state for exiting the European Union after Dominic Raab's resignation over the Brexit withdrawal agreement in November 2018. He then began a career as a journalist at The Press and Journal before having a long tenure as a leader writer at The Times. [4][5] His biological mother, whom he originally believed to have been an unmarried Edinburgh student, was in fact a 23-year-old cookery demonstrator. the door was "still ajar" if the EU made changes over issues . That was the year he and his son were rechristened unofficially, in the case of the boy "Martin Luther." "After he went over to Europe, he changed his name," said Robert H. Robinson . "[225], In remarks prepared for the 2020 Ditchley Lecture, Gove portrayed what he saw as the malaise of modern society as leading to populism, because the non-intellectual classes "chose to opt for polarised identity politics rather than stay with broad-based national political movements" instead of choosing to follow the politics of diversity, inclusion and identity politics they were force-fed by the elites. [73][74], In June 2012, Michael Portillo backed Gove to be a serious contender in a future race for the Conservative Party leadership,[75] though Gove had said in an interview a few months before that "I'm constitutionally incapable of it. . [37][38] He broke the news of the 1995 Conservative Party leadership election thanks to his connections with the upper echelons of the party. She said: "My whole life fell away. 172.81.182.249 [145], In January 2019, May survived a vote of no confidence in her government, after a "barnstorming" speech from Gove directed towards the Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn. 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. [157][158] In an article for The Times in December 1999, Gove had argued against the legalisation of drugs and criticised members of the middle classes for their hypocrisy in doing so. Michael Gove can't name single change from Brexit that has 'made business easier'. at various Conservative and Liberal Democrat rebels who contributed to defeating the coalition government's motion to attack Syria in retaliation for the 2013 Ghouta attacks. Michael Gove | Credit: openDemocracy Michael Gove real name [220] The appointment was reported as a surprise, as Gove had previously said that he did not expect to serve in government again. [169] That month, an official Cabinet Yellowhammer document leaked, predicting that a no-deal Brexit would lead to food, medicine and petrol shortages. [206], During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gove announced his intention to draft plans to allow Ukrainian refugees to be housed in Russian oligarchs' homes in the UK. 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Michael Gove was adopted when he was four months old by a working-class Aberdonian family View gallery Mr Gove with his parents Ernest and Christine Gove who adopted him and brought him. [8], Gove, his parents, and his adoptive sister Angela Christine lived in a small property in the Kittybrewster area of Aberdeen,[9] before relocating to Rosehill Drive. The Sun said it had "multiple sources" and was confident its report was true. [93] Gove removed the 12-book limit on prison books introduced by Grayling, arguing that books increased literacy and numeracy, skills needed for making prisoners a "potential asset to society". [159] This was a key component of his bid to be leader. Following May's appointment as Prime Minister, Gove was dismissed from the Cabinet but was appointed to the second May government as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs following the 2017 general election. [148], In April 2019, after having a meeting with Extinction Rebellion, Gove said he agreed with the activists that there needed to be a deeper level of public understanding over climate change, but he declined to declare a climate emergency in the United Kingdom. [37], He joined The Times in 1996 as a leader writer and assumed posts as its comment editor, news editor, Saturday editor and assistant editor. But Gove backers say that, when removed from the discipline of the Vote Leave operation, the old Boris returned. 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[23] In an interview with Andrew Gimson, Gove remarked that at Oxford, Johnson was "quite the most brilliant extempore speaker of his generation". He later apologised and clarified that what he had said was not the case. [200], In October 2021, while walking on Horseferry Road in Westminster, Gove was accosted by COVID-19 anti-lockdown protesters. [92] The fee had been heavily criticised for, among other things, causing innocent people to plead guilty out of financial concerns. The position came with a 30,000 pay cut, and a specific media role saw Gove on television and radio "more than a traditional Chief Whip would be". [citation needed] Gove was eliminated in the second ballot after receiving 46 votes, compared to 199 for May and 84 for Leadsom. 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[282], In August 2021, Gove was filmed dancing "merrily" in an Aberdeen nightclub. Another ban came in June 2018 which stopped shops from selling products that contained the beads. After the 2015 general election, Cameron promoted Gove as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor in his newly formed cabinet. [95], Within three months of his taking office, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) voted to stop taking new work in protest at Gove's insistence that they work for lower fees. When at the agricultural ministry, Mr Gove went to a farming event. [21] During his first year,[22] he met future Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ran his campaign to be President of the Oxford Union. [213] He endorsed Kemi Badenoch's leadership bid and, after her defeat,[214] announced his support for Rishi Sunak. [7] He passed the scholarship exam and served as a school prefect in his final two years. [60], With the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government following the hung parliament after the 2010 general election, Gove became Secretary of State for Education. [40] Despite preferring Hillary Clinton to Trump as President of the United States,[129] Gove's interview and consequent defence of it was seen by some[who?] [253] Jeremy Paxman said Gove had "wilfully misquoted" Evans on the subject of the First World War. [172], Gove helped to prepare Johnson for the 2019 general election debates by playing the role of the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. This morning, he announced that not only that he was running but that 'Boris. [287], In 2019, LBC's Iain Dale and a "panel of experts" placed Gove third in a list of that year's "Top 100 Most Influential Conservatives". Because of Isis. 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