Thursday, November 15, 2018

Brutus Was An Honourable Man

In all the flurry and turmoil of these resignations, my recommendation would be to watch Michael Gove. If he stays, then I'd expect May to somehow keep her job after this mess; if he goes then that's game over.

My reasoning for this is this: back when the Brexit referendum was announced, Gove promptly left Cameron's campaign to head the opposing campaign. Apparently, Gove and Cameron were good friends, but that was the issue that divided them... and cost Cameron his political career.

Then, after the referendum and when Cameron was gone, everyone expected Boris to stand for the leadership with Gove by his side. Only Gove jumped in first with his own bid, and thus forced Boris out of the running. And it's increasingly looking like that was Boris' only chance to be PM, so that action effectively cost him his political career.

And now Gove is highly-placed in May's cabinet. Hence my logic - if he goes, May will follow, and he will have cost her her political career also.

At which point I would label Gove a "serial Brutus". But there's one problem with that comparison. See above.

#50: "Complicity", by Iain Banks
#51: "Rivers of London", by Ben Aaronovitch
#52: "Dungeon Crawl Classics", by Goodman Games
#53: "Pathfinder: It Came From Hollow Mountain", by Mike Shel
#54: "Dunstan", by Conn Iggulden

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