Talk:Michael Gove

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: The article on Michael Gove has three sentences which, placed as they are together, strongly and in my view deliberately imply that he is homosexual. This is done under the cowardly cover of apparently neutral and fact based comment; but as anyone knows, place the right facts close together and you are in fact doing more than stating facts. Wikipedia should either have the courage explicitly to allege that there are grounds for thinking he is homosexual, or else should stop deliberately it in such a cowardly way. (edit)

[edit] r3s3mbl@nc3 2 @ c0d

i don't deny that gove looks somewhat peculiar, but it is not good that this comment has lasted so long:

'His adoptive father was a fish merchant who adopted the child on the basis of his resemblance to a cod...'

wikipedia should be more reliable than that. jamaissur ^{lemon or lime?}

[edit] Anonymous

--Before becoming a candidate, Michael had expressed the view that the state should not generally interfere in domestic affairs, campaigned for greater personal freedom and wrote that "Section 28 is a nonsense" [1]. He had flatshared with Conservative Ivan Massow who later defected to Labour over Section 28 and Nicholas Boles. Both Ivan Massow and Nicholas Boles were openly gay at the time.

These three sentences deliberately suggest, by selective choice and placing together of facts, that Michael Gove is homosexual without having the courage to say so explicitly. That is unacceptable and cowardly behaviour. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 155.94.70.221 (talk) 13:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

I didn't read it like that at all - just a suggestion that he doesn't have a problem with homosexuality. Maybe the section should start with "While he has been known to steal pudding, Gove is liberal on the issue of homosexuality..."? 194.74.200.66 09:32, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Gove is a sneaky pudding-thief

He once distracted my attention and stole a spoonful of my chocolate pud with chocolate sauce. This man is unfit for high office. 194.74.200.66 12:41, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

We need a reliable source for that. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 13:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Defended by extreme right-wing commentators

--Melanie Phillips and Stephen Pollard have vigorously rejected Dalrymple's analysis Is this relevant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.98.55 (talk) 13:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dalrymple

If Mr Dalrymple can have his criticism explained in sentance form, then so can Mr Gove's reply. Personally, I wouldn't mind shearing down the whole section, and losing both bits, alhoug saying "Dalrymple attacked Michael, Michael responded" without explaining in whjat ways seems a bit spartan. Larklight (talk) 21:17, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Woohoo, I did it! A real photo of Michael Gove, uploaded by me! I can upload pictures, yeah! Larklight (talk) 21:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)