So, the Tories have declared war on Charlie Whelan and Unite - what Eric Pickles calls the "great untold story of British politics". He was joined by no less than two more shadow frontbenchers - Michael Gove and Theresa Villiers - at a briefing attacking the union's political influence this morning. And that's not all: the Tories have produced a document detailing how Unite is ...
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Spectator on 16th Mar 2010 (via spectator.co.uk)
Michael Deacon watches Eric Pickles take questions about trade unions and public protests.
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Telegraph on 6th Dec 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Pasted below are the shadow cabinet ratings for March 2009. A few observations: Michael Gove is now number two in the league table; his highest placing. Eric Pickles has taken a hit for his Question Time performance. Ken Clarke has...
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ConservativeHome on 3rd Apr 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
The Conservatives are focused on helping the poorest people in Britain improve their situation Michael Gove said as the Tories open their annual conference in Manchester.
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Telegraph on 5th Oct 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
It had to be said and Michael Gove has done so. The BBC has been sucking up to the Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm with great glee in recent weeks, as though the old communist has been vindicated by the banking crisis. I would not go as far as a right wing friend of mine did during the period when the Chilean dictator Pinochet was confined to a house in Sunningdale near Bruce Forsyth and various o...
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IainMartin on 27th Oct 2008 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
Michael Gove is an absolute master of his Education brief, his media performances over the riots this morning were very good indeed and I have just caught up with his absolute mauling of Labour's Harriet Harman here: If you have a spare tenner, a flutter on Mr Gove might not be a bad idea. A few years transforming our education system, Gove would make an excellent Home Secretary and then who ...
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LittlesLog on 10th Aug 2011 (via antonylittle.blogspot.com)
Liam Fox demonstrated today why he'll be staying in Cabinet. He's a tough, eloquent and effective Commons performer who does not fall to pieces when the going gets tough. George Osborne and Michael Gove were both on the front bench with him. One MP told me he saw Eric Pickles in the corridors, giving Fox a hug that almost killed him. All this reflects well on them: in politics, it's...
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Spectator on 10th Oct 2011 (via spectator.co.uk)
Ok, well, in for a penny..... I notice that Fraser has published a full account on Coffee House of his interview with Michael Gove. It shows how Michael told him of his reasons for his home moves long before the...
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CommentCentral on 11th May 2009 (via timesonline.typepad.com)
Michael Gove is Conservative MP for Surrey Heath, and Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. He is the author of Michael Portillo, The Price of Peace and Celsius 7/7, and writes regularly for The Times. Here he...
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NormanGeras on 27th Jan 2009 (via normblog.typepad.com)
Operating on the basis that most of you don't invest £2 in the Independent on Sunday, let me direct you to a long interview their political editor Jane Merrick has done with Eric Pickles. Here are a few excerpts... Unlike some of his more high-rolling colleagues, Eric Pickles has never been on a yacht, and is proud of the fact. "I once went on the Liverpool to Birkenhead ferry, it was q...
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IainDale on 25th Jan 2009 (via iaindale.blogspot.com)
Interesting words from Michael Gove in today's Evening Standard about the importance of encouraging more school leavers to go on to university. Michael Gove stresses the importance of going to university Senior Tories including David Willetts and David Cameron himself have been concerned for some time that the party's policy of capping university admissions give...
