Gove's Off

[douglas9401]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69051548

[newmodarmy]

Same for the 20 odd Labour ones standing down  Gromit?

[Gromit]

Not really newmodelarmy.

Labour MPs are not defending a really bad record over the last 14 years, and are expected to increase their votes, not lose any.

[Cloverjo]

I find this quite amusing. They're all off. 

I agree with Richard Osman on HIGNFY tonight. Sunak is desperate to lose the GE so he can go off to America. And who could blame him really? 

[Untitled]

ghastly man. good riddance.

[davebro3]

He's done nearly 20 years in the HoC, I think he's earned a break. 

[david small]

Slime bucket.

[Hopkirk]

A whole array of prime ministers thought he was talented enough to merit a ministerial position.

[ynnafymmi]

At least he was an Aberdonian.A aerosole Aberdonian,truth be told.I dont think i ever met him in any of the pubs i went into in Aberdeen.Thankfully.

[10ClarionSt]

He was extremely unpopular when he was education minister. Obnoxious, was the word I heard used many times about him. 

However, I think he did really try to help all those affected by the cladding scandal; something that is still going on, but like lots of Tories, he can see that the light at the end of the tunnel is definitely a train coming the opposite way.

[gulliver1]

Gromit 21.31  Spot on 🤣There's your best answer. Douglas.

[Untitled]

how very convenient that mr gove's principled decision to retire from parliament should come just a few weeks before he expects to lose any position of power and influence in the government. i'm sure it's just a coincidence.

[Old_Geezer]

He's going to be no loss. He lost all cachet when he tried sticking the knife into Boris' back.

[davebro3]

PS - an MP standing down doesn't mean that their constituency won't elect a successor from the same party. just sayin'

[ToraToraTora]

gromit: "The AB community who have been blindly supporting this ragbag of idiots, loons and talentless wasters can now see those protagonists go out on a wimper. " - do you have any experience of a real Labour government gromit, a REAL one not Tory lite?

[Gromit]

Yes thanks.

Once the TINO are gone, perhaps the real Conservative party might emerge ?