Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | 28/12/2008
Michael Gove's easy erudition ('Triumph of freedom over evil', Comment, December 21) should not blind us to the fact that the "British foreign policy s
Back Towards The Locus (Free subscription) | 25/12/2008
In his latest SOS distress call Michael Gove does something pretty extraordinary: he doesn’t just try to polish a turd, he displays the wretched thing with pride and demands that we admire it… “The liberation of Iraq has been that rarest of things – a proper British foreign policy success.” There are a few flimsy justifications for [...]
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
Shadow children's secretary Michael Gove said the statistics were "very worrying". The figures were obtained by the Tories under a Freedom of Information request, to which 25 out of 39 police forces responded.Each force was asked how many times they
SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 21/12/2008
I fear the otherwise sensible Michael Gove has been at the Christmas sherry a little too early with this rather bizarre opening remark : The liberation of Iraq has been that rarest of things – a proper British foreign policy success. Keeping in mind that George W Bush declared 'Mission Accomplished' back in May 2003, thousands of innocents have died in the conflict, the whole operation was based on...
Media Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
Three influential MPs, Dennis MacShane, Michael Gove and Norman Lamb, are asking for reform of Britain's libel laws. Among their requests: that criminal libel be abolished, and that the Reynolds defense be codified. Read more here.
Man in a Shed (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
Mr Gove is getting a reputation for this sort of stuff. I wonder if he does kids parties also ? ( H/T to SPOILTBALLOT ). PS Watch how much Ed Balls is enjoying this ....
Chris Whiteside's Blog (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
I am grateful to Conservative Home (see link at right) and Hansard for drawing my attention to Michael Gove's speech on the first anniversary of the Children's Plan. The burning question in Copeland will be whether our MP, as the self-described first Jedi Knight in parliament, took part in the lightsaber duel ... Anyway, here is Michael Gove, shadow education spokesman, leaving aside the more formal...
Grumpy Old Sod's Law (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
Michael Gove proved himself to be top comedic form in the House yesterday. I've read his column in The Times and although his prose is good, he's no Stephen Fry. That is, until yesterday when he ended his speech with this little gem: Well, we now know what the man in charge of Europe’s biggest economy thinks of that. The Prime Minister may believe, in his more modest moments, that he is Franklin D....
The Why of the World (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Michael Gove has had a pretty good year, continuing his rise and sparring effectively with Ed Balls along the way. He has a sense of humour, as Conservative Home highlights by spotting this gem from the Commons this week. The whole thing merits reading. Gove is on his feet
Bob Piper (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
It's all a matter of taste, I suppose. Iain Dale ruins his pants again over a speech by Michael Gove, whilst The Daily Pundit thinks Gove "looks like a twerp, talks like a twerp, and is a twerp" and that Labour should encourage him to be one of those at the forefront of the Tory election campaign. Not surprisingly, I agree with the Pundit. Isn't Gove just John Selwyn Gummer for the new century?
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
ConservativeHome has an extract from a speech in the Commons by Michael Gove yesterday. It's one to relish... "I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and the Government Front-Bench team for their understanding in allowing me to leave the Chamber briefly earlier in order to see my daughter's nativity play. Even though we all face tough economic circumstances, I know that all hon. Members will want to find...
Mr Eugenides (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
...is surely that of Ed Balls and the Guardian's Michael White duelling with lightsabres. For an explanation of that, as well as a cracking Damian Green gag, we must turn to Michael Gove in the Commons yesterday: I was particularly pleased to read about the great fun had by all at the Christmas party held by the Secretary of State at the Department for Children, Schools and Families [Ed Balls - E]...
Letters From A Tory (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Dear David Willets, I know that you have a complicated brief as Shadow Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills. With Michael Gove running the schools policy and Alan Duncan looking after business, it is hard to see how any coherent policy can be made on universities. Leaving that aside, I am increasingly concerned at the cruel [...]
Civitas Blog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
It is not often, in fact I cannot think of any previous occasion, when I have found myself agreeing more with the opinions of David Aaronovitch than those of Michael Gove and Melanie Phillips. However, in relation to the merits of the Rose report on primary schooling, published yesterday, I find much to my surprise that I do.
Civitas Blog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
It is not often, in fact I cannot think of any previous occasion, when I have found myself agreeing more with the opinions of David Aaronovitch than those of Michael Gove and Melanie Phillips. However, in relation to the merits of the Rose report on primary schooling, published yesterday, I find much to my surprise that I do.
