Michael Gove slagging of Boris

RandallFlagg

It's night of the long knives, Gove says Bozzer can't unite party or country, indicating vicious turmoil behind the scenes in Tory party.

I'll make my position clear: Gove is a twat

And will never be a publicly elected PM

octatonic

May seems to be favourite.

RandallFlagg

We are truly fucked until the next election then

ChuckManual

Gove knows he won't be PM.  It's all horse-trading in aid of (eventually) a decent cabinet position in a Theresa May administration.

ICBM

What a pompous little shit.

Heseltine is more to the point.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36677623

RandallFlagg

Does Gove think slagging off his fellow party members is what we need right now? He may as well join Labour.

He is a complete bellend

JezWynd

ICBM said:

What a pompous little shit.

Heseltine is more to the point.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36677623

Except that everything he accuses Boris of, Cameron is at least as guilty of, if not more.. They're all a bunch of c**ts, take your pick.

RandallFlagg

If I got the top job I wouldn't give Gove the steam off my piss yet alone a job

fretmeister

"If anyone wants me to sign a piece of parchment in my own blood saying I don't want to be prime minister, then I'm perfectly happy to do that" — Michael Gove, August 2012

"I’m constitutionally incapable of it. There’s a special extra quality you need that is indefinable, and I know I don’t have it. There’s an equanimity, an impermeability and a courage that you need. There are some things in life you know it’s better not to try" — Michael Gove, March 2012

"In order to be prime minister of this country, you need to be an exceptional person... I don’t think I have got that exceptional level of ability required for the job" — Michael Gove, June 2016

"I have decided to put my name forward for the leadership" — Michael Gove today

scrumhalf

The problem with politics is that it attracts politicians.

ennspek

It's like the red (but blue) wedding.

Garthy

ennspek said:

It's like the red (but blue) wedding.

It's naff all compared to the other side of the dispatch box.  If the Tories are the Red Wedding then the Labour party is Stannis Baratheon's army fucking off into the sunset just before the battle of Winterfell Brussells.

Actually the comparisons between GoT and British/European politics are frighteningly uncanny.

d8m

ennspek said:

It's like the red (but blue) wedding.

Paul_C

If we don't have a restriction as to who is eligable like the US then I vote Dave Grohl for Prime Minister - it would make a lot more sense than what we have now. 

thermionic

I'd love to ask Gove if he considers himself to be a good politician. Or even an expert politician.

Because quite frankly, the country has had enough of experts.

Handsome_Chris

octatonic said:

May seems to be favourite.

She is charming.

viz

RandallFlagg said:

If I got the top job I wouldn't give Gove the steam off my piss yet alone a job

or even the steam off one.

Bogwhoppit

fretmeister said:

"If anyone wants me to sign a piece of parchment in my own blood saying I don't want to be prime minister, then I'm perfectly happy to do that" — Michael Gove, August 2012

"I’m constitutionally incapable of it. There’s a special extra quality you need that is indefinable, and I know I don’t have it. There’s an equanimity, an impermeability and a courage that you need. There are some things in life you know it’s better not to try" — Michael Gove, March 2012

"In order to be prime minister of this country, you need to be an exceptional person... I don’t think I have got that exceptional level of ability required for the job" — Michael Gove, June 2016

"I have decided to put my name forward for the leadership" — Michael Gove today

An excellent and reliable summary of all that's wrong with British politicians, whatever side of the divide you lay your political colours.

ICBM

The very first thing that whoever wins needs to do - assuming hopefully it's not Gove - is to sack him. He's an utterly disloyal conniving shit and can never be trusted.

At least May will probably do that, apparently she can't stand him... which at least says something positive about her judgement.

Wazmeister

ICBM said:

What a pompous little shit.

Heseltine is more to the point.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36677623

Stunning summary of the WHOLE situation.

Chalky

ICBM;1133442" said:

What a pompous little shit.

Heseltine is more to the point.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36677623

I don't think being criticised by old Emperor Heseltine is necessarily a bad thing....