Michael Gove launches his bid with a damning character reference about Boris Johnson, with whom he ran the Vote Leave campaign
Last week Michael Gove’s Vote Leave campaign ended the career of David Cameron – a man that Gove has counted as a close friend for more than a decade.
On Thursday the Gove career-destroying machine has turned on Boris Johnson, who until about 9am was the favourite to win the Conservative leadership. Gove, who is respected by colleagues, Tory members and the media, published a damning character reference about the man with whom he jointly ran the victorious Vote Leave campaign. Here’s the key section:
I respect and admire all the candidates running for the leadership. In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future.
But I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.
But I understand that Gove is not planning to put himself forward.
One influential figure in the Leave campaign says: “Michael has acquired a new respect for Boris in this process.”
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Sig Nordal 