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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Michael Gove says Tories will not win election with culture wars

 Michael Gove addresses delegates on the second day of the National Conservatism conference.
Michael Gove addresses delegates on the second day of the National Conservatism conference. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Conservatives need to recognise that elections are won on economics and public services rather than culture wars, Michael Gove has said in what will be seen as a rebuke to Suella Braverman.

Addressing the National Conservatism (NatCon) conference in Westminster, a day after Braverman gave a highly partisan speech to the same event which condemned “experts and elites” and “political correctness”, Gove was at pains to make no direct criticism of the home secretary.

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