What Michael Gove’s appointment to editor means for The Spectator

The former Tory stalwart has a new job, one that marks a return to his journalism roots – but will he be any good at it?

Words: Tom Ward

In September, Michael Gove, the 57-year-old former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, notorious back-bencher and political chocolate tea pot, was offered the role of editor at the right-leaning British weekly The Spectator.

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