Michael Gove
Michael Gove
Michael Goveis a British Conservative politician, who was Secretary of State for Education from 2010 to 2014 and Secretary of State for Justice from 2015 to 2016. He has been the Member of Parliamentfor Surrey Heath since 2005. He is also an author and was a columnist for The Times...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1967
sympathy children empathy
Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children.
dad fishing scotland
The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a result something that he been built up by by grandfather and maintained by my dad disappeared. So my dad suffered.
nhs important want
Our most important public service will always be the NHS. And I want to say something clear and unambiguous about the future of the health service.
party able conservative
I hope that in the days to come, I'll be able to convince my colleagues that I should be one of the candidates that Conservative party members can choose from.
bumps unions deals
If we leave the European Union, yes there will be bumps in the road, inevitably, but we will be in a better position to deal with them.
turkeys vote lifetime
Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.
negotiation ministers british
If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.
health-education giving people
They [British people] told us to restore democratic control of immigration policy and to spend their money on national priorities such as health, education and science instead of giving it to Brussels.
pms choices tough
It was a tough choice [of PM]. I voted for a Scotsman.
daughter dad heart
I will put my heart and soul into making sure that the care your son or daughter or mum or dad receives is the same I would want for my own family.
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I will take all the steps necessary to give the NHS at least another £100million per week by 2020.
dad support parent
The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum and dad - Ernie and Christine. They went on to adopt my sister, who is profoundly deaf, and invested both of us with a love and support that informs everything I do today.
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You wouldn't tolerate an underperforming surgeon in an operating theatre, or a underperforming midwife at your child's birth. Why is it that we tolerate underperforming teachers in the classroom?
solved union worse
I was a union member in my youth as well and I went on strike, and I don't think it solved anything. It only made the situation worse for everyone involved.