[155] He also planned to scrap the High Speed 2 rail project and increase school funding by 1 billion. Michael Gove was adopted when he was four months old by a working-class Aberdonian family. [283] In January 2022, their divorce was granted. ", "Brexit deal: Breakthrough on Northern Ireland border could be a sign that UK-EU talks are on the right track", "Brexit: UK to ditch Internal Market Bill clauses after reaching agreement in principle on Northern Ireland Protocol", "Covid: Michael Gove alerted by NHS Test and Trace after Champions League trip", "Gove gets Covid alert after attending Champions League final in Portugal", "Covid contract for firm run by Cummings' friends unlawful, finds judge", "Michael Gove to work part-time in Glasgow as Boris Johnson seeks goodwill in Belfast", "It's great to be in our Glasgow HQ today - Scotland benefits from its two Governments working together. In reaction, Craig Oliver said it would have a negative impact on his run whereas fellow candidate for leadership Dominic Raab said he "admires [Gove's] honesty". [22] During his first year,[23] he met future Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ran his campaign to be President of the Oxford Union. [143] Concerns were also raised about the selection process for the job, which was overseen by Sir Ian Cheshire, the chairman of Goldsmith's investment firm, Menhaden Capital Management. [53][54] He first entered the House of Commons after being elected in the 2005 general election. [241][242] The book says the NHS "fails to meet public expectations" and calls for it to be dismantled and replaced with personal health accounts. "[228], In remarks prepared for the 2020 Ditchley Lecture, Gove portrayed what he saw as the malaise of modern society as leading to populism, because the non-intellectual classes "chose to opt for polarised identity politics rather than stay with broad-based national political movements" instead of choosing to follow the politics of diversity, inclusion and identity politics they were force-fed by the elites. "[261][262], In 2016, he credited his Christian faith for his focus as Justice Secretary on redemption and rehabilitation. In July 2021, a joint statement on behalf of Gove and Vine said that they had agreed to separate and were in the process of finalising their divorce. [206] It was reported that parts of it had been copied from Wikipedia. [74][75], In June 2012, Michael Portillo backed Gove to be a serious contender in a future race for the Conservative Party leadership,[76] though Gove had said in an interview a few months before that "I'm constitutionally incapable of it. [271] He was voiced by Lewis MacLeod. 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. It allowed for up to three households to form a "bubble" from 23 to 27 December,[186] but was cancelled for London and South East England, while being limited to a single day for the rest of England, after the discovery of a mutant COVID-19 strain. The criticism surrounded Gove's use of various private email accounts to send emails that allegedly related to his departmental responsibilities. Standards in mathematics and science were also strengthened. Michael Gove says progress on fixing the problems have been "piecemeal", but Labour says social homes have been lost. Gove said: It is often the case that it is truanting or persistent absenteeism that [109], In his memoir For the Record, Cameron described Gove during this period as "mendacious", adding: "One quality shone through, disloyalty. [229][230], In 1997, Gove wrote of capital punishment, which was abolished in the UK in 1965, arguing in The Times that, "Were I ever alone in the dock I would not want to be arraigned before our flawed tribunals, knowing my freedom could be forfeited as a result of political pressures. [260], In April 2015, he described his faith in an article for The Spectator. Michael Andrew Gove (/ov/; born Graeme Andrew Logan, 26 August 1967) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations since 2021. [112], The Telegraph opined that Gove's actions in undermining Johnson's leadership aspirations constituted "the most spectacular political assassination in a generation"[113] while The Guardian labelled it as a "Machiavellian move". "[115], By 5 July 2016, Gove was in third place in the leadership election, behind May and Andrea Leadsom; the latter had gained an endorsement from Johnson. 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[16] As he entered sixth year he had to apply for a scholarship as his family fell on difficult economic circumstances. Gove stressed "basic writing, meeting chairing and time management skills" for all policy civil servants. [86] Gove told BBC News that he had mixed emotions about starting the new role, saying it was a privilege to become Chief Whip but that leaving the Department for Education was "a wrench".[87][88][89]. 'I don't want my daughter to be a landmine victim' Americast: Trump Indicted. WebFormer and existing members of Boris Johnsons government have also put their names forward - such as Rishi Sunak, Grant Shapps, Suella Braverman, Nadhim Zahawi, Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch. [250] He has said that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel is anti-Semitic. [138][139] He was criticised by political opponents who felt allegations of sexual abuse were not a suitable subject for jokes. [127], In his capacity as a writer for The Times, Gove gave the first British post-election interview to Donald Trump in January 2017, along with Kai Diekmann from Bild,[128][129] making him the second British politician to meet Trump as President-elect of the United States after Nigel Farage. [233], William Dalrymple, reviewing Gove's book Celsius 7/7 on the roots of Islamic terrorism in The Times, dismissed Gove's knowledge of the Middle East as being derivative and based on the views of Bernard Lewis.[234]. 
[56] Gove was seen as part of an influential set of Conservatives referred to as the Notting Hill Set, which included Conservative leader David Cameron, future Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Ed Vaizey, Nick Boles and Rachel Whetstone. [263], Gove's proposal for a new Royal Yacht costing 60 million was made public in January 2012. [41] Despite preferring Hillary Clinton to Trump as President of the United States,[130] Gove's interview and consequent defence of it was seen by some[who?] Born in Aberdeen, Gove was in care until being adopted aged four months old, after which he was raised in the Kittybrewster area of the city. 
[51], Gove won the Conservative candidacy for Surrey Heath on 5 July 2004,[52] after the sitting MP Nick Hawkins was deselected by the local Conservative association. [219] He endorsed Sunak's leadership bid. [58] While he was moving between homes, on one occasion he stayed at the Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot, Surrey, following a constituency engagement, charging the taxpayer more than 500 per night's stay. [167], Writing in The Sunday Times on 28 July 2019, Gove said that a no-deal Brexit was "a very real prospect" and one that the Government was "working on the assumption of". [168][169] He said in August that it was "wrong and sad" that the EU was "refusing to negotiate" over a new withdrawal agreement. In the next few days I will lay out my plan for the United Kingdom which I hope can provide unity and change. [162], Upon the election of Johnson as Prime Minister, Gove was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, legally representing the Crown as Duke of Lancaster. I don't know where you can find a similar situation in any other developed economy. [160] This was a key component of his bid to be leader. [91] Gove remained in the post of chief whip until May 2015, when the role was taken over by Mark Harper. He was given responsibilities for the Government's levelling up agenda, the Union and elections, the last two of which he retained from his previous post. Disloyalty to me and, later, disloyalty to Boris [Johnson]". Sarah Vine's first ever interview. WebAlmost their Mr Gove .. don't forget about the impact of Brexit which is estimated to be 4% of GDP. "[227], During the 2008 Conservative Party Conference, Gove argued that Edmund Burke, an 18th-century philosopher who commented on organic society and the French Revolution, was the greatest conservative ever. [14] Gove joined the Labour Party in 1983[15] and campaigned on behalf of the party for the 1983 general election. He was educated at two state schools (Sunnybank Primary School and Kittybrewster Primary School),[11] and later, on the recommendation of his primary school teacher,[12] he sat and passed the entrance exam for the independent Robert Gordon's College. Topics. Appointed Secretary of State for Education in the CameronClegg coalition, Gove terminated the previous Labour government's Building Schools for the Future programme, reformed A-Level and GCSE qualifications in favour of final examinations, and responded to the Trojan Horse scandal. Out of office from July to October 2022. [291], In 2019, LBC's Iain Dale and a "panel of experts" placed Gove third in a list of that year's "Top 100 Most Influential Conservatives".[292]. [38][39] He broke the news of the 1995 Conservative Party leadership election thanks to his connections with the upper echelons of the party. as praising the President-elect unduly. WebMichael was married to Sarah Vine, who is a columnist at The Daily Mail, and they have one daughter, Beatrice, and a son, William, who was born at Frimley Park Hospital in November 2004. Gove has lived in Earl's Court, Notting Hill, North Kensington and Mayfair. But I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead. Its also been reported that the current home secretary, Priti Patel, is set to confirm whether she plans to stand for the leadership. [202][203], In December 2021, Gove was part of a trio of Cabinet ministers that self-isolated after meeting Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who was later diagnosed with COVID-19. I would prefer a fair trial, under the shadow of the noose. (And why it matters)", "Michael Gove draws fire for owning book by Holocaust denier David Irving", "Michael Gove and wife criticised for showcasing bookshelf which includes Holocaust denier's book", "The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray review gentrified xenophobia", "Brexit: Door 'still ajar' for EU trade talks, says Gove", "After the lockdown leak, what does the future hold for Boris Johnson's 'quad' committee? [236], Tariq Ali once recalled how, at the time of the Iraq War, he "debat[ed] the ghastly Gove on television [ and found him] worse than most Bush apologists in the United States. [134], In July 2017, Gove announced that a fuel combustion vehicle ban will be put into place due to air pollution. He launched a second Conservative leadership bid in 2019, coming third behind Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. Mr Gove with his parents Ernest and Christine Gove who adopted him [44], In 2003, he stated that he did not believe the United States' "current position in the world [was] analogous to that of an Imperial power, as we have come to understand imperial powers". LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - British lawmaker Michael Gove has been appointed as the country's levelling-up minister by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, his office said on Tuesday. [60] Prior to the 2010 general election, most of Gove's questions in Commons debates concerned children, schools and families, education, local government, Council Tax, foreign affairs and the environment. WebRESPECT IS NOT THIS Mr Goves unfortunate choice of words this morning One of my worries is that some of the people who are attacking Ofsted object to | 17 LinkedIn [212][24] A Downing Street source described him as a "snake" following the sacking. [235] In December 2008, Gove 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. His daughter Binmila said she believed her father's work would carry on into the next generations. Senior minister Michael Gove is no longer self-isolating after he was given special permission to have his daughter tested for the coronavirus - and the result came [96], Within three months of his taking office, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) voted to stop taking new work in protest at Gove's insistence that they work for lower fees. [146], In January 2019, May survived a vote of no confidence in her government, after a "barnstorming" speech from Gove directed towards the Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn. [82][83], On 15 July 2014, Gove's four-year stint in charge of the Department for Education came to an end when he was dismissed[84] as Secretary of State for Education and replaced by former Treasury Minister Nicky Morgan in a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle. [205] The paper included plans to increase public investment across the UK and expand devolution in England. Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove made a veiled dig at two former Tory ministers, who suggested in sting interviews they would work for a fake Korean firm in exchange for a 10,000 daily rate.. My wife and I recently found out were having a daughter. [267][268], Gove was portrayed by actor Oliver Maltman in the 2019 HBO and Channel 4 drama Brexit: The Uncivil War. In February it was reported that the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, had floated a proposal first mooted during the coalition government: to withdraw child benefit to children who are truanting. [256] Jeremy Paxman said Gove had "wilfully misquoted" Evans on the subject of the First World War. The UK's housing model is broken and more homes are "desperately" needed, Michael Gove has said. [19][45][46], He was a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze and Newsnight Review on BBC Two. [119], In the aftermath of the EU referendum, Gove was accused by Nick Clegg of being the source of a claim by The Sun that Queen Elizabeth II made comments supportive of Brexit in a private lunch at Windsor Castle. Secretary of State for Education (20102014), Chief Whip of the House of Commons (20142015), Secretary of State for Justice (20152016), European Union membership referendum (2016), Conservative Party leadership candidate (2016), Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20172019), Conservative Party leadership candidate (2019), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (20192021), Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (20212022), Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2022present). [184], Gove was part of a committee of Cabinet ministers, comprising Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock, that made decisions on the COVID-19 pandemic. Gove said: It is often the case that it is truanting or persistent absenteeism that [172], During the 2019 Speaker of the House of Commons election, Gove nominated Labour MP Chris Bryant to replace John Bercow. [179], In May 2020, Gove was criticised[180][bettersourceneeded] after his wife Sarah Vine shared a bookcase picture "as a very special treat for my trolls" which featured a book by the Holocaust denier David Irving, and a copy of The Bell Curve, which controversially claims that intelligence is highly heritable and that median IQ varies among races. He wrote: "Listening to the new Tory Govt policy announcements, each more desperate than the last, I think it's fair to say we have reached the 'Cones Hotline' stage of Blair, he thought, was "behaving like a true Thatcherite". [40][41] He has also written a weekly column on politics and current affairs for the newspaper and contributed to The Times Literary Supplement, Prospect magazine and The Spectator. Truancy is in the news. [69] In February 2011, he had told Parliament that one individual had made 1,000,000 in one year when the true figure was 700,000 for five advisers at different times over a four-year period. "[77], Gove was criticised by teachers unions for his attempts to overhaul English education. In widely reported remarks, he complained that "to call yourself a Christian in contemporary Britain is to invite pity, condescension or cool dismissal. [81] The National Association of Head Teachers and NASUWT also passed motions of no confidence at their conferences that year. [58], On 2 July 2007, Gove was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (a newly created department set up by Gordon Brown), shadowing Ed Balls. MacMillan responded, saying: "I agree with some of what Mr Gove says, but he is mistaking myths for rival interpretations of history. [153] He promised to remove the charge for UK citizenship applications from EU nationals if elected,[154] and to replace VAT with a "simpler sales tax". [38], He joined The Times in 1996 as a leader writer and assumed posts as its comment editor, news editor, Saturday editor and assistant editor. [b] He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath since 2005. [248] In 2019, he reiterated "One thing I have always been since I was a boy is a Zionist" and spoke of his desire to "celebrate everything that Israel and the Jewish people have brought to the life of this world and hold it dear to our hearts" and that "For as long as I have breath in my body and a platform on which to argue I shall be on your side, by your side and delighted and honoured to argue, powerfully I hope, on behalf of people who have contributed so powerfully to the life of this nation". [6] Logan was put into care soon after he was born. Following the 2015 general election and the formation of the majority Cameron government, Gove was promoted to Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. 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[56] Gove was seen as part of an influential set of Conservatives referred to as the Notting Hill Set, which included Conservative leader David Cameron, future Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Ed Vaizey, Nick Boles and Rachel Whetstone. [263], Gove's proposal for a new Royal Yacht costing 60 million was made public in January 2012. [41] Despite preferring Hillary Clinton to Trump as President of the United States,[130] Gove's interview and consequent defence of it was seen by some[who?] Born in Aberdeen, Gove was in care until being adopted aged four months old, after which he was raised in the Kittybrewster area of the city. [51], Gove won the Conservative candidacy for Surrey Heath on 5 July 2004,[52] after the sitting MP Nick Hawkins was deselected by the local Conservative association. [219] He endorsed Sunak's leadership bid. [58] While he was moving between homes, on one occasion he stayed at the Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot, Surrey, following a constituency engagement, charging the taxpayer more than 500 per night's stay. [167], Writing in The Sunday Times on 28 July 2019, Gove said that a no-deal Brexit was "a very real prospect" and one that the Government was "working on the assumption of". [168][169] He said in August that it was "wrong and sad" that the EU was "refusing to negotiate" over a new withdrawal agreement. In the next few days I will lay out my plan for the United Kingdom which I hope can provide unity and change. [162], Upon the election of Johnson as Prime Minister, Gove was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, legally representing the Crown as Duke of Lancaster. I don't know where you can find a similar situation in any other developed economy. [160] This was a key component of his bid to be leader. [91] Gove remained in the post of chief whip until May 2015, when the role was taken over by Mark Harper. He was given responsibilities for the Government's levelling up agenda, the Union and elections, the last two of which he retained from his previous post. Disloyalty to me and, later, disloyalty to Boris [Johnson]". Sarah Vine's first ever interview. WebAlmost their Mr Gove .. don't forget about the impact of Brexit which is estimated to be 4% of GDP. "[227], During the 2008 Conservative Party Conference, Gove argued that Edmund Burke, an 18th-century philosopher who commented on organic society and the French Revolution, was the greatest conservative ever. [14] Gove joined the Labour Party in 1983[15] and campaigned on behalf of the party for the 1983 general election. He was educated at two state schools (Sunnybank Primary School and Kittybrewster Primary School),[11] and later, on the recommendation of his primary school teacher,[12] he sat and passed the entrance exam for the independent Robert Gordon's College. Topics. Appointed Secretary of State for Education in the CameronClegg coalition, Gove terminated the previous Labour government's Building Schools for the Future programme, reformed A-Level and GCSE qualifications in favour of final examinations, and responded to the Trojan Horse scandal. Out of office from July to October 2022. [291], In 2019, LBC's Iain Dale and a "panel of experts" placed Gove third in a list of that year's "Top 100 Most Influential Conservatives".[292]. [38][39] He broke the news of the 1995 Conservative Party leadership election thanks to his connections with the upper echelons of the party. as praising the President-elect unduly. WebMichael was married to Sarah Vine, who is a columnist at The Daily Mail, and they have one daughter, Beatrice, and a son, William, who was born at Frimley Park Hospital in November 2004. Gove has lived in Earl's Court, Notting Hill, North Kensington and Mayfair. But I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead. Its also been reported that the current home secretary, Priti Patel, is set to confirm whether she plans to stand for the leadership. [202][203], In December 2021, Gove was part of a trio of Cabinet ministers that self-isolated after meeting Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who was later diagnosed with COVID-19. I would prefer a fair trial, under the shadow of the noose. (And why it matters)", "Michael Gove draws fire for owning book by Holocaust denier David Irving", "Michael Gove and wife criticised for showcasing bookshelf which includes Holocaust denier's book", "The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray review gentrified xenophobia", "Brexit: Door 'still ajar' for EU trade talks, says Gove", "After the lockdown leak, what does the future hold for Boris Johnson's 'quad' committee? [236], Tariq Ali once recalled how, at the time of the Iraq War, he "debat[ed] the ghastly Gove on television [ and found him] worse than most Bush apologists in the United States. [134], In July 2017, Gove announced that a fuel combustion vehicle ban will be put into place due to air pollution. He launched a second Conservative leadership bid in 2019, coming third behind Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. Mr Gove with his parents Ernest and Christine Gove who adopted him [44], In 2003, he stated that he did not believe the United States' "current position in the world [was] analogous to that of an Imperial power, as we have come to understand imperial powers". LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - British lawmaker Michael Gove has been appointed as the country's levelling-up minister by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, his office said on Tuesday. [60] Prior to the 2010 general election, most of Gove's questions in Commons debates concerned children, schools and families, education, local government, Council Tax, foreign affairs and the environment. WebRESPECT IS NOT THIS Mr Goves unfortunate choice of words this morning One of my worries is that some of the people who are attacking Ofsted object to | 17 LinkedIn [212][24] A Downing Street source described him as a "snake" following the sacking. [235] In December 2008, Gove 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. His daughter Binmila said she believed her father's work would carry on into the next generations. Senior minister Michael Gove is no longer self-isolating after he was given special permission to have his daughter tested for the coronavirus - and the result came [96], Within three months of his taking office, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) voted to stop taking new work in protest at Gove's insistence that they work for lower fees. [146], In January 2019, May survived a vote of no confidence in her government, after a "barnstorming" speech from Gove directed towards the Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn. [82][83], On 15 July 2014, Gove's four-year stint in charge of the Department for Education came to an end when he was dismissed[84] as Secretary of State for Education and replaced by former Treasury Minister Nicky Morgan in a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle. [205] The paper included plans to increase public investment across the UK and expand devolution in England. Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove made a veiled dig at two former Tory ministers, who suggested in sting interviews they would work for a fake Korean firm in exchange for a 10,000 daily rate.. My wife and I recently found out were having a daughter. [267][268], Gove was portrayed by actor Oliver Maltman in the 2019 HBO and Channel 4 drama Brexit: The Uncivil War. In February it was reported that the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, had floated a proposal first mooted during the coalition government: to withdraw child benefit to children who are truanting. [256] Jeremy Paxman said Gove had "wilfully misquoted" Evans on the subject of the First World War. The UK's housing model is broken and more homes are "desperately" needed, Michael Gove has said. [19][45][46], He was a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze and Newsnight Review on BBC Two. [119], In the aftermath of the EU referendum, Gove was accused by Nick Clegg of being the source of a claim by The Sun that Queen Elizabeth II made comments supportive of Brexit in a private lunch at Windsor Castle. Secretary of State for Education (20102014), Chief Whip of the House of Commons (20142015), Secretary of State for Justice (20152016), European Union membership referendum (2016), Conservative Party leadership candidate (2016), Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20172019), Conservative Party leadership candidate (2019), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (20192021), Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (20212022), Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2022present). [184], Gove was part of a committee of Cabinet ministers, comprising Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock, that made decisions on the COVID-19 pandemic. Gove said: It is often the case that it is truanting or persistent absenteeism that [172], During the 2019 Speaker of the House of Commons election, Gove nominated Labour MP Chris Bryant to replace John Bercow. [179], In May 2020, Gove was criticised[180][bettersourceneeded] after his wife Sarah Vine shared a bookcase picture "as a very special treat for my trolls" which featured a book by the Holocaust denier David Irving, and a copy of The Bell Curve, which controversially claims that intelligence is highly heritable and that median IQ varies among races. He wrote: "Listening to the new Tory Govt policy announcements, each more desperate than the last, I think it's fair to say we have reached the 'Cones Hotline' stage of Blair, he thought, was "behaving like a true Thatcherite". [40][41] He has also written a weekly column on politics and current affairs for the newspaper and contributed to The Times Literary Supplement, Prospect magazine and The Spectator. Truancy is in the news. [69] In February 2011, he had told Parliament that one individual had made 1,000,000 in one year when the true figure was 700,000 for five advisers at different times over a four-year period. "[77], Gove was criticised by teachers unions for his attempts to overhaul English education. In widely reported remarks, he complained that "to call yourself a Christian in contemporary Britain is to invite pity, condescension or cool dismissal. [81] The National Association of Head Teachers and NASUWT also passed motions of no confidence at their conferences that year. [58], On 2 July 2007, Gove was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (a newly created department set up by Gordon Brown), shadowing Ed Balls. MacMillan responded, saying: "I agree with some of what Mr Gove says, but he is mistaking myths for rival interpretations of history. [153] He promised to remove the charge for UK citizenship applications from EU nationals if elected,[154] and to replace VAT with a "simpler sales tax". [38], He joined The Times in 1996 as a leader writer and assumed posts as its comment editor, news editor, Saturday editor and assistant editor. [b] He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath since 2005. [248] In 2019, he reiterated "One thing I have always been since I was a boy is a Zionist" and spoke of his desire to "celebrate everything that Israel and the Jewish people have brought to the life of this world and hold it dear to our hearts" and that "For as long as I have breath in my body and a platform on which to argue I shall be on your side, by your side and delighted and honoured to argue, powerfully I hope, on behalf of people who have contributed so powerfully to the life of this nation". [6] Logan was put into care soon after he was born. Following the 2015 general election and the formation of the majority Cameron government, Gove was promoted to Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. 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