To be fair, it's more correct to say that Gove married and remains married to a woman who had their au pair enter and win the school's mothers' race. He's not necessarily ruthless, ethically moribund, morally bankrupt and a cheat; he's just married to someone who is. That's much better.
Interesting. I'm not sure I can be bothered to swot up on the Tory leadership election process. That said, Gove is up to something, and I'd quite like to have an educated guess (or read an educated guess from someone else) as to what it could be!
Hmmm. Doesn't the Tory party leadership election rules make this analysis unlikely? My understanding is that the MPs select a short list of two candidates which goes to the membership of the party to make the final selection. In order for your theory to be viable, Gove's candidature has to be...