Brexit: now we’re all waiting for Michael Gove to resign. Here’s the reason
Gove: this image was made for a completely different story but… oh, it fits this one so well, don’t you think?
Will he or won’t he?
Once upon a time, after the Johnson government reneged on the Withdrawal Agreement by launching a new Bill that promised to break international law by changing border rules for Northern Ireland that had been agreed with the EU, Michael Gove said a very silly thing.
You can see it in this clip, around 19 seconds in:
Time for Govey to toddle on then:
Once upon a time, a man called Michael Gove said he'd quit his job if the government made a u-turn on the Internal Market Bill. pic.twitter.com/vrUPbEKzDR— Slough for Europe 🇪🇺 💙 🇺🇦 (@SloughForEU) December 8, 2020
Last night it seemed his job was safe, when 357 Tory MPs reinstated those clauses in the Internal Market Bill after the Lords had removed them.
Today? Not so much… Gove himself cut them right back out again, in a desperate bid to appease EU officials who won’t sign a trade deal otherwise.
This is a major defeat for the Conservatives and for Gove in particular. They all swore that they would never let the EU dictate the UK’s internal borders and they have all buckled under and done as they were told, like a flock of expensive-suited sheep.
https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1336302340475924481
And it seems everybody is asking the same question:
As an aside – isn't this exactly the thing that Michael Gove said he would resign over if it happened..?
Not that I want to get into things that Michael Gove has said that turned out to be completely untrue…..we'll be here all day… https://t.co/MSusdcUqOD
— (Social) Liberal Leigh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 #FBPE #FBPPR🔶🇺🇦 (@Liberal_Leigh) December 8, 2020
He’s really upset the Brexiters…
So 357 Tories voted last night to put the offending clauses back in after the Lords took them out,
And 1 Tory (Michael Gove) took them out again today because he was ordered to by a foreigner.
And the swivel-eyed VoteLeave loons are happy with that?
Ho ho ho!
— PuzzledPolitico (@Cat_n_Bagpipes) December 8, 2020
I mean, really…
Brexiters last week: "Hooray for Michael Gove! He's a proper Brexiter!"
Brexiters today: "Boo to Michael Gove! He's practically a Remainer!"
But they definitely all knew exactly what they were voting for four and a half years ago…..
— (Social) Liberal Leigh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 #FBPE #FBPPR🔶🇺🇦 (@Liberal_Leigh) December 8, 2020
So it might be just as well for him to take a back seat for a while.
https://twitter.com/SquireAlright/status/1336369903671111680
Well – we’re waiting.
And I’ve seen no announcement from Mr Gove – yet.
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