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Gove, Javid and the point of a backstory

12 June 2019

1:36 AM

12 June 2019

1:36 AM

Michael Gove’s launch was, easily, the strongest of any candidate yesterday and he deserves the plaudits he’s getting now. Even if you dislike him, his speech is worth listening to (it’s here) and it was made without notes.

I’ve heard him talk before about the school in Liverpool he mentioned where only one pupil got decent grades.

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