The Michael Gove File
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I presume this has been posted before?
nuffsaid
But this goes up to 11
This from BBC news feed - Ken Clarke and Malcolm Rifkind discussing Gove:
Mr Clarke questions Mrs May's knowledge of foreign affairs, but is even more scathing about Michael Gove on that issue.
"I remember being in a discussion about something to do with somewhere like Syria or Iraq and he was so wild that I remember exchanging looks with Liam Fox," he said.
"We were exchanging views and Liam was raising his eyebrows.
"I think with Michael as prime minister we'd go to war with at least three countries at once."
Mr Clarke questions Mrs May's knowledge of foreign affairs, but is even more scathing about Michael Gove on that issue.
"I remember being in a discussion about something to do with somewhere like Syria or Iraq and he was so wild that I remember exchanging looks with Liam Fox," he said.
"We were exchanging views and Liam was raising his eyebrows.
"I think with Michael as prime minister we'd go to war with at least three countries at once."
elbows
Well-Known Member
"I think with Michael as prime minister we'd go to war with at least three countries at once."
The first time I became aware of Gove was when he was still a journalist, and was on some tv program, possibly channel 4, in the build up to the Iraq war. It was presented like a mock trial over the war, and Gove was making the case for war. He was right at home with the US Neocons who were on and he came across as utterly unhinged and rabid on the issue.
I was really bloody hoping that clips from that program would resurface, but I've seen little mention of it since he became a Tory MP. Tomorrow would be a great day for it to resurface, given Chilcot and Kens comments today. But I can't remember what it was called, let alone summon it from the archives. I believe it also featured Bob Marshall-Andrews arguing the case against, and the US neocons were probably Richard Perle and David Frum.
Buckaroo
Donkey piss and tractors
Wiki stuff...
The Financial Times describes Gove as having "strong neoconservative convictions". He proposed that the invasion of Iraq would bring peace and democracy both to Iraq and the wider Middle East. In December 2008, he wrote that declarations of either victory or defeat in Iraq in 2003 were premature, and that the liberation of Iraq was a foreign policy success.
"The liberation of Iraq has actually been that rarest of things – a proper British foreign policy success. Next year, while the world goes into recession, 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 ... Sunni and Shia contend for power in parliament, not in street battles. The ingenuity, idealism and intelligence of the Iraqi people can now find an outlet in a free society rather than being deployed, as they were for decades, simply to ensure survival in a fascist republic that stank of fear."
— Michael Gove, Michael Gove: Triumph of freedom over evil
The Financial Times describes Gove as having "strong neoconservative convictions". He proposed that the invasion of Iraq would bring peace and democracy both to Iraq and the wider Middle East. In December 2008, he wrote that declarations of either victory or defeat in Iraq in 2003 were premature, and that the liberation of Iraq was a foreign policy success.
"The liberation of Iraq has actually been that rarest of things – a proper British foreign policy success. Next year, while the world goes into recession, 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 ... Sunni and Shia contend for power in parliament, not in street battles. The ingenuity, idealism and intelligence of the Iraqi people can now find an outlet in a free society rather than being deployed, as they were for decades, simply to ensure survival in a fascist republic that stank of fear."
— Michael Gove, Michael Gove: Triumph of freedom over evil
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
elbows
Well-Known Member
Blair was all about appealing to the middle. Gove on the other hand has never bothered to disguise the fact that he is radical, fanatical character who wishes to reform specific areas with zealous zeal.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Quite so, but that quote would suggest they share something of the messianic.
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elbows
Well-Known Member
Could certainly cast both of them in some kind of dark, clerical farce.
bi0boy
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brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Oh yeah, but this one is an easier guess.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I actually cackled when I read this news
wheelie_bin
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It's delightful news!
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
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