Michael Gove has said the worst part of his political career was the attacks on his ex-wife, Sarah Vine.
In excerpts from a new BBC podcast on politics with Gove, the former minister and Tory MP said this was particularly true when a 2016 email from Vine offering advice to her then-husband accidentally sent to other recipients and leaked to the media. .
Vine, a columnist for the Daily Mail, intended to send the email to Gove and his advisers at the time, but sent it more widely and reached outlets such as The Guardian.
When Gove was tipped to back Boris Johnson’s bid to replace David Cameron as Tory leader, Vine told him and his advisers to wait until there was a specific offer for a cabinet position.
He said: “A simple message: YOU MUST HAVE A SPECIFIC FROM BORIS, OR YOU CANNOT Pledge your support. The details can be worked out later, but without that you don’t have an impact.”
Two days after the email was sent, Gove made his own surprise bid for the presidency, after which Johnson withdrew from the race.
In extracts from Michael Gove’s Surviving Politics, another politician, Peter Mandelson, asked him to reveal “one very private thing that hurt him” in his career.
Gove, who resigned as an MP before July’s general election and now edits the Spectator, described the events of 2016 and said they had led to Vine, who he described as a “strong woman”. , unfairly compared to Woman Macbeth. .
Gove said: “It’s always OK if you’re attacked on the ground where you think, yes, I’m happy to defend myself.
“But when it’s misunderstanding and misunderstanding that affects someone close to you, that’s especially difficult. “
He said: “It’s when people try to build a narrative and attract another person and that person is collateral damage in an attack against you. “He’s really hurt.”
Gove has held a number of cabinet posts since 2010, including education, justice, environment and communities secretary. He lost his Surrey Heath constituency to the Lib Dems in the election.
2024-10-21 08:16:00
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