In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future.
Michael GoveI believed we needed someone who would be able to build a team, lead and unite. I hoped that person would be Boris Johnson.
Michael GoveIt is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.
Michael GoveWhy ... do the myths of America the Hateful take such powerful hold? Because anti-Americanism provides a useful emotional function which goes beyond logic and reaches deep into the darker recesses of the European soul. In centuries past those on the Left who wished to personalise their hatred of capitalism, who sought to make it emotionally resonant by fastening an envious political passion on to a blameless scapegoat people, embraced anti-Semitism. It was the socialism of fools. Which is what anti-Americanism is now.
Michael Gove