Michael Gove will SURVIVE Boris Johnson’s New Year reshuffle

Michael Gove will SURVIVE Boris Johnson’s New Year reshuffle: Downing Street says Cabinet Office Minister is doing an ‘excellent job’ on Brexit and the pandemic Michael Gove is set to survive a New Year reshuffle despite reported clashes  It is thought PM had clashed with Gove over whether to put London in top tier Mr … Read more

Covid data transparency row deepens as Michael Gove warns hospitals are 88% full

Michael Gove warned today the NHS is nearly 90 per cent full in a bid to prove coronavirus is pushing hospitals to the brink – but he failed to mention that occupancy is lower now than it was last winter Michael Gove warned today the NHS is nearly 90 per cent full, in a bid … Read more

Coronavirus UK tiers: Michael Gove wades into scotch egg ‘substantial meal’ row

A row deepened today over whether a scotch egg can be classed as a ‘substantial meal’ under rules only allowing alcohol to be served with food from tomorrow. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove told LBC two scotch eggs would be ‘a starter’, 24 hours after Environment Secretary George Eustice said one is a substantial meal. Mr Gove reiterated … Read more

Coronavirus UK tiers: Michael Gove wades into scotch egg ‘substantial meal’ row

A row deepened today over whether a scotch egg can be classed as a ‘substantial meal’ under rules only allowing alcohol to be served with food from tomorrow. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said two scotch eggs would be ‘a starter’, just 24 hours after Environment Secretary George Eustice said one is a substantial meal. The … Read more

Only THREE hospitals are busier than they were last winter, data shows

Number 10 was today accused of running a ‘brainwashing PR campaign’ after MailOnline’s analysis of official data showed only four NHS trusts in England are busier now than they were this time last year — despite warnings the health service would be crippled by coronavirus without the revamped three-tier lockdown system. Michael Gove sparked fury over … Read more

Only THREE hospitals are busier than they were last winter, data shows

Number 10 was today accused of running a ‘brainwashing PR campaign’ after MailOnline’s analysis of official data showed only three NHS trusts in England are busier now than they were this time last year — despite warnings the health service would be crippled by coronavirus without the revamped three-tier lockdown system. Michael Gove sparked fury over … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Why has Michael Gove turned into such a zealot for lockdowns?

Michael Gove is to the Tory Party what Mikhail Suslov was to the Soviet Communist Party in the 1960s and 1970s. Chief ideologue and brainbox. But whereas Suslov was a hardliner and extreme authoritarian, Mr Gove was, until recently, seen as a social liberal and libertarian. One did not associate him with the expansion of … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Why has Michael Gove turned into such a zealot for lockdowns?

Michael Gove is to the Tory Party what Mikhail Suslov was to the Soviet Communist Party in the 1960s and 1970s. Chief ideologue and brainbox. But whereas Suslov was a hardliner and extreme authoritarian, Mr Gove was, until recently, seen as a social liberal and libertarian. One did not associate him with the expansion of … Read more

Tory rebels demand Michael Gove publish evidence for NHS claim

Furious Tory rebels today demanded Michael Gove publish the evidence underpinning his claim the NHS would be ‘overwhelmed’ by coronavirus without the Government’s new tiered system of restrictions.  The Minister for the Cabinet Office made the claim on Saturday as he tried to quash a Conservative revolt and persuade MPs to support the curbs when … Read more

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Revolt by MPs will help the cause of common sense 

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Revolt by MPs will help the cause of common sense By Mail On Sunday Comment For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:16 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 09:07 GMT, 29 November 2020 We were promised an end to chopping and changing only a week ago. Yet the Government continues to … Read more