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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: Gove confesses, Brexit party falters and the BBC makes pensioners pay

15 June 2019

9:00 AM

15 June 2019

9:00 AM

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Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, a candidate for the Conservative leadership, admitted he had used cocaine several times 20 years ago. ‘I deeply regret the mistake that I made,’ he said. ‘It was a crime.’ He also said: ‘Certainly when I was working as a journalist I didn’t imagine I would go into politics.’

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