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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

The Govester goes rogue and veers from history lecture to full-on rant

Michael Gove
If you had to make a criticism, it was that the Govester had forgotten he was meant to be a politician. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

With Michael Gove it’s all about the drugs. Always has been. How to find exactly the right dosage to keep himself more or less stable. And in the past year that has sometimes become a near on impossible task. Mikey has all but given up the day job as secretary of state for levelling up. His department has even been forced to hand back money that had been earmarked for key projects as he hadn’t got round to spending it.

Truth is that the Govester has been spending more and more time in the crack den he has had built on his department’s roof. Most days he just stares into the abyss that is the chaos that he and the Conservative government have caused over the last 14 years. There will be a reckoning and Mikey can scarcely bear to pay the price.

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