Exclusive: Michael Gove made crude sexual comments, joked about paedophilia within top levels of government and used a racist slur in a series of remarks in his 20s, The Independent can reveal independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
The Cabinet Office minister also described Prince Charles as a “dull, wet, drippy adulterer” in speeches at the Cambridge Union while he was a student and after his graduation while working as a journalist independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
In apparent attempts at humour, Mr Gove referred to people colonised by the British as “fuzzy wuzzies”, and accused former Tory minister Sir Leon Brittan of being a paedophile independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Lib Dem Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP told The Independent: “These inappropriate and racist remarks are not befitting of a government minister, not befitting a journalist, in fact not befitting anyone.” independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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