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Angus Cochrane

Michael Gove branded 'flibbertigibbet' after suggesting Lords move to Scotland

Tory peer Lord Cormack is not impressed by Michael Gove's suggestion

PEERS have rejected Michael Gove’s suggestion that they should consider moving the House of Lords to Scotland as “another freelance exercise by an intellectual flibbertigibbet”.

The archane putdown, which means a person who “talks a lot about silly things”, came after the Levelling Up Secretary wrote to the Lord Speaker with alternative temporary locations for the upper chamber as it undergoes refurbishment – including locations in Scotland, Wales and northern England.

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