A Political Plot Fit for a Thriller

With the tinder-dry dust of the Brexit result having gently settled across Whitehall’s departmental desks during the summer break, this seems an opportune moment as any, to sit back, and relax in the soothing shade of hindsight to contemplate why Michael Gove so enthusiastically, so spectacularly launched his career into a very distant black hole?

By plunging his hastily sharpened official, gold plated ministerial letter-opener between Boris Johnson’s shoulders, Gove the once undisputed cham...