‘Boring is back’, Michael Gove says after Cabinet return
Mr Gove, who made a return to Cabinet yesterday as Levelling Up Secretary, spoke at the London Press Club Awards on Wednesday.
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Mr Gove, who made a return to Cabinet yesterday as Levelling Up Secretary, spoke at the London Press Club Awards on Wednesday.
The newly-appointed prime minister also looked pretty glum as the Labour leader tore into him over his wife's previous non dom status.
“He’s so weak, he’s done a grubby deal trading national security because he was scared to lose another leadership election.”
“I stand by the manifesto on that,” the new PM told the Commons – referring to the 2019 moratorium on drilling for shale gas.
Labour’s shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell described the comments as "shockingly tone deaf".
Rishi Sunak brought her back just six days after she was forced out for breaking the ministerial code.
The appointments highlight how "unevenly spread opportunities to enter the most prestigious positions continue to be", Sir Peter Lampl said.
Only 22 per cent of those able to attend cabinet meetings are women, while just five of the 31 frontbenchers are non-white.
"She talks the talk people want to hear. A lot of people are sick to the back teeth of it", the Daily Mail man said.
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