General Election June 2017

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kl in reply to @christianSpaceman

Bizarrely, everything you hear about Gove, as an individual, is that he's a great guy - really popular, friendly, courteous, human, clubbable. To the public, he just comes across as clubbable, but in the other way

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Sumo in reply to @kl

I've heard literally none of this
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boristrump in reply to @kl

I saw Gove speak at an event a few months ago. He spoke well, and on the face of it appeared convincing. Fortunately the audience was able to see through him, and was evidently appropriately contemptuous of Gove and his arguments. But his ability to influence opinion is dangerous, albeit not quite on the same scale as Johnson.
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duncs in reply to @kl

@kl, @christianSpaceman, @Sumo
The few I know that've worked with Gove (civil servants, not tories) have had generally positive opinions. They don't necessarily agree with his ideas but he seems intelligent, diligent and pretty progressive in a lot of ways. Quite an asset, assuming he's not sticking a knife in your back at the time.

Grayling, apparently, has zero social skills and is painful to be in a room with at the same time.