Michael Gove - Revision history

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 [[Image:Michael Gove.jpg|upright|thumb|280px|Michael Gove, politician, education reformer and 'right-wing polemicist'.]]
-'''Michael Andrew Gove''' (born 26 August 1967) was appointed UK secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs by prime minister [[Theresa May]] in 11 June 2017.
+'''Michael Andrew Gove''' (born 26 August 1967) was UK secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs from June 2017 until July 2019, having been appointed to the role by former prime minister [[Theresa May]] in 11 June 2017.
-He was previously Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from May 2015 to July 2016 but had left government following [[Theresa May]]'s first cabinet reshuffle. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36785814 'Whos in and whos out? May's new cabinet' 14 July 2016], ''BBC News'', accessed 15 July 2016</ref>
+Gove was appointed by incoming PM [[Boris Johnson]] as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster – the ceremonial title previously held by May’s cabinet fixer, [[David Lidington]], who resigned rather than serve in a Johnson administration. <ref> [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/24/boris-johnson-takes-his-revenge-and-sacks-over-half-the-cabinet
 From 2010 until July 2014, Gove was education secretary, implementing widespread market reforms to schools in England. <ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref> Prior to 2010, he was the shadow secretary of state for children schools and families and a close policy aide of [[David Cameron]].

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 ===Former===
-*[[Lee Cain]] at [[Defra]] (June-August 2017)
+*[[Lee Cain]] at [[Defra]] (June-August 2017), moved to the FCO
 *[[Henry Newman]]
 *[[Beth Armstrong]] - worked for Gove during his stints as education secretary and justice secretary and is now a senior consultant at [[Teneo Blue Rubicon]].

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 *[[Henry Cook]] - longstanding loyal Gove adviser who returned to government after Gove was appointed Environment Secretary in June 2017, after spending six months working for [[Portland Communications]]. Before that was a spad in [[Ministry of Justice]] and also spent three months as co-convener with Gove on [[Vote Leave]].  Worked with Gove in [[Department of Education]].<Ref> [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/henry-cook-0a8165126 Henry Cook], LinkedIn, accessed 25 August 2017 </ref>
 *[[James Starkie]], appointed September 2017. Also joined from lobbying firm [[Portland Communications]] where he was an associate director. He also previously worked on [[Vote Leave]] as head of regional press.
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 *[[Beth Armstrong]] - worked for Gove during his stints as education secretary and justice secretary and is now a senior consultant at [[Teneo Blue Rubicon]].
 *[[Henry De Zoete]]. Ex-Portland lobbyist, joined Gove’s team shortly after the 2010 general election. Later set up The Big Deal, which helps consumers to get lower energy bills.
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 *[[Beth Armstrong]] - worked for Gove during his stints as education secretary and justice secretary and is now a senior consultant at [[Teneo Blue Rubicon]].
 *[[Henry De Zoete]]. Ex-Portland lobbyist, joined Gove’s team shortly after the 2010 general election. Later set up The Big Deal, which helps consumers to get lower energy bills.
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 [[Image:Michael Gove.jpg|upright|thumb|280px|Michael Gove, politician, education reformer and 'right-wing polemicist'.]]
-'''Michael Andrew Gove''' (born 26 August 1967) was the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from May 2015 to July 2016. He left government following new Prime Minister [[Theresa May]]'s first cabinet reshuffle. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36785814 'Whos in and whos out? May's new cabinet' 14 July 2016], ''BBC News'', accessed 15 July 2016</ref>
+'''Michael Andrew Gove''' (born 26 August 1967) was appointed UK secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs by prime minister [[Theresa May]] in 11 June 2017.
-From 2010 until July 2014, he was education secretary, implementing widespread market reforms to schools in England. <ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref> Prior to 2010, he was the shadow secretary of state for children schools and families and a close policy aide of [[David Cameron]].
+He was previously Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from May 2015 to July 2016 but had left government following [[Theresa May]]'s first cabinet reshuffle. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36785814 'Whos in and whos out? May's new cabinet' 14 July 2016], ''BBC News'', accessed 15 July 2016</ref>
-He is a former deputy editor of ''[[The Times]]'', and presently a columnist there. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gove-michael-secretary-of-state-for-justice-acoba-recommendation/summary-of-business-appointment-applications-michael-gove Summary of business appointment applications - Michael Gove], ''GOV.uk'', accessed 30 November 2016. </ref> From June 2002 to January 2006 he was chairman of the right-wing think-tank [[Policy Exchange]] which has been influential on [[Conservative Party]] policy.
+From 2010 until July 2014, Gove was education secretary, implementing widespread market reforms to schools in England. <ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/topstorynews/2010/05/her-majestys-government-49840 Her Majesty’s Government], Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.</ref> Prior to 2010, he was the shadow secretary of state for children schools and families and a close policy aide of [[David Cameron]].
 ==Biography==
-Gove was born in Edinburgh on 26 August 1967, the son of of Ernest and Christine Gove. <ref>‘[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U45417 GOVE, Michael Andrew]’, ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009 [Accessed 20 May 2010]</ref> According to this official biography, his father ran a fish-processing business and his mother was a lab assistant at Aberdeen University before working at Aberdeen School for the Deaf. <ref>[[Media:About Michael.pdf|PDF Copy]] of Michael Gove, About Michael <http://www.michaelgove.com/about> created 20 May 2010.</ref>
+Gove was born in Edinburgh on 26 August 1967, the son of Ernest and Christine Gove. <ref>‘[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U45417 GOVE, Michael Andrew]’, ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009 [Accessed 20 May 2010]</ref> According to this official biography, his father ran a fish-processing business and his mother was a lab assistant at Aberdeen University before working at Aberdeen School for the Deaf. <ref>[[Media:About Michael.pdf|PDF Copy]] of Michael Gove, About Michael <http://www.michaelgove.com/about> created 20 May 2010.</ref>
 Gove attended Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford where he was awarded a BA in English in 1988. He worked as a reporter for the ''Aberdeen Press and Journal'' in 1989 and then a researcher and reporter for Scottish Television from 1990 to 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a reporter for [[BBC]] News and Current Affairs, <ref>''Debrett's People of Today'', [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/24226/Michael%20GOVE.aspx The Rt Hon Michael Gove, MP] [Accessed 20 May 2010]</ref> working on the ''Today'' programme and ''On The Record''. <Ref>Newsnight Review, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/2043945.stm Michael Gove], 22 April 2009.</ref> During his time he wrote his first book ''Michael Portillo: The Future of the Right''. He joined ''The Times'' in 1996. <ref>''Debrett's People of Today'', [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/24226/Michael%20GOVE.aspx The Rt Hon Michael Gove, MP] [Accessed 20 May 2010]</ref> On his official website he states that he has 'used his position as a writer for ''The Times'' and a broadcaster on the [[BBC]] to fight for greater personal freedom, a tougher line on crime, a more dynamic economy, a cleaner environment, stronger defence and a better deal for hard-pressed families.' <ref>[[Media:About Michael.pdf|PDF Copy]] of Michael Gove, About Michael <http://www.michaelgove.com/about> created 20 May 2010.</ref> In one notable article in February 2003 he described himself as a 'right-wing polemicist' and declared his love for [[Tony Blair]]. In the article, which was headed 'I can't fight my feelings any more: I love Tony', Gove wrote: 'Central to any current assessment of Mr Blair has to be the manner in which he is handling the Iraq crisis,' but also added that: Blair was 'brave, to introduce market pressures into higher education by pushing through university top-up fees in the teeth of opposition from his egalitarian Chancellor. He’s been correct in conceding, to the annoyance of his wife I’m sure, that the European Convention on Human Rights gets in the way of a sane asylum policy. In dealing with the firefighters, and their absurdly selfish strike, he’s been satisfactorily resolute. <Ref>Michael Gove, '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/michael_gove/article1112354.ece I can't fight my feelings any more: I love Tony]', ''The Times'', 25 February 2003.</ref>
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 ===The support network===
-Gove has been helped by a tight-knit reform community in the UK made up of business-backed think tanks and third party lobby groups, peopled by well-connected insiders, very much like the education reform lobby in the US. These include:
+Gove has been helped by a tight-knit reform community in the UK made up of business-backed think tanks and third-party lobby groups, peopled by well-connected insiders, very much like the education reform lobby in the US. These include:
 '''Individuals'''
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 A week later Gove wrote that, ‘What the West is dealing with, once more, is an ideological challenge to our existence and values.’  He rejected the use of diplomacy and called for ‘total war’.  He continued:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Where should our steel be directed? It cannot, I fear, be deployed with the speed for which emotion pleads. But the swath we must cut is clear. First, the military eradication of bin Laden's headquarters and training camps. Next, the assembly of a coalition against the threat from his most dangerous accomplice, Saddam Hussein, and his weapons of mass destruction… <ref>Michael Gove, 'This is war, and it will demand our steel', ''The Times'', 18 Sepember 2001; p.18</ref></blockquote>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Where should our steel be directed? It cannot, I fear, be deployed with the speed for which emotion pleads. But the swath we must cut is clear. First, the military eradication of bin Laden's headquarters and training camps. Next, the assembly of a coalition against the threat from his most dangerous accomplice, Saddam Hussein, and his weapons of mass destruction… <ref>Michael Gove, 'This is war, and it will demand our steel', ''The Times'', 18 September 2001; p.18</ref></blockquote>
 In December 2008, Gove described the invasion of Iraq as a 'proper British foreign policy success'. 'Next year, while the world goes into recession,' Gove wrote, 'Iraq is likely to enjoy 10% GDP growth. Alone in the Arab Middle East, it is now a fully functioning democracy with a free press, properly contested elections and an independent judiciary. The two facts, the economic and the political, are of course connected.' <ref>Michael Gove, [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/12700/Michael-Gove-Triumph-of-freedom.4812256.jp Triumph of Freedom over Evil], ''Scotland on Sunday'', 21 December 2008.</ref>
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 ==After dinner speaking circuit==
-In November 2016, following the example of [[David Cameron]] and [[George Osborne]], Gove signed up to [[Chartwell Speakers]] and the [[London Speakers Bureau]], through which he is expected to earn up to £50,000 pounds per speech at 'after-dinner' speaking events. <ref> Matt Dathan, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3949184/Fancy-hiring-Michael-Gove-speak-dinner-party-Ex-Justice-Secretary-latest-sacked-member-Cameron-s-Cabinet-join-lucrative-speaking-circuit.html Fancy hiring Michael Gove to speak at your dinner party? Ex-Justice Secretary becomes the latest sacked member of Cameron's Cabinet to join the lucrative speaking circuit], ''Daily Mail'', 18 November 2016, accessed 30 November. </ref> He received approval to take up the roles  by the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]] (ACOBA) in October 2016. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gove-michael-secretary-of-state-for-justice-acoba-recommendation/summary-of-business-appointment-applications-michael-gove Summary of business appointment applications - Michael Gove], ''GOV.uk'', accessed 30 November 2016. </ref>
+In November 2016, following the example of [[David Cameron]] and [[George Osborne]], Gove signed up to [[Chartwell Speakers]] and the [[London Speakers Bureau]], through which he is expected to earn up to £50,000 pounds per speech at 'after-dinner' speaking events. <ref> Matt Dathan, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3949184/Fancy-hiring-Michael-Gove-speak-dinner-party-Ex-Justice-Secretary-latest-sacked-member-Cameron-s-Cabinet-join-lucrative-speaking-circuit.html Fancy hiring Michael Gove to speak at your dinner party? Ex-Justice Secretary becomes the latest sacked member of Cameron's Cabinet to join the lucrative speaking circuit], ''Daily Mail'', 18 November 2016, accessed 30 November. </ref> He received approval to take up the roles by the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]] (ACOBA) in October 2016. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gove-michael-secretary-of-state-for-justice-acoba-recommendation/summary-of-business-appointment-applications-michael-gove Summary of business appointment applications - Michael Gove], ''GOV.uk'', accessed 30 November 2016. </ref>
 Gove is described as 'one of the most talented and controversial politicians in Britain', 'one of the most eye-catching politicians Westminster has seen in the last decade' and 'widely respected' on Chartwell's website, where he is listed as an expert on speak about foreign affairs, Brexit, security, education reform and media. <ref> [http://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/michael-gove/ Chartwell | Michael Gove], ''Chartwell Speakers'', accessed 30 November 2016. </ref>
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 *[[Henry Newman]]
 *[[Beth Armstrong]] - worked for Gove during his stints as education secretary and justice secretary and is now a senior consultant at [[Teneo Blue Rubicon]].
-*[[Henry De Zoete]]. Ex Portland lobbyist, joined Gove’s team shortly after the 2010 general election. Later set up The Big Deal, which helps consumers to get lower energy bills.
+*[[Henry De Zoete]]. Ex-Portland lobbyist, joined Gove’s team shortly after the 2010 general election. Later set up The Big Deal, which helps consumers to get lower energy bills.
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