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It was a tough choice [of PM]. I voted for a Scotsman.

Michael Gove

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Michael Gove
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 26
British Politician
Journalist
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Michael Andrew Gove
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The British people rejected politics as usual and government as usual. They want and need a new approach to running this country.
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I will ensure we honour the instructions the British people have given us. I argued for specific changes in the referendum campaign, I believe in them, I will deliver them.
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One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about.
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Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school.
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Whoever the next prime minister of this country will be, it will be a female prime minister and a female prime minister who has formidable skills and I know whichever one of the two wins they will lead this country well.
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As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined.
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I'm a decentralizer. I believe in trusting professionals.
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I remember my mum explaining to me what adoption meant when I was still at primary school. 'Son,' she said to me, 'you didn't grow under my heart, you grew in it'.
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Children in dysfunctional homes at risk of abuse are kept in danger for too long because politically correct rules mean we won't challenge unfit parents.
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Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job.
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Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.
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I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created.
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The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.
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Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.
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We have a unique chance to heal divisions, give everyone a stake in the future and set an example as the most creative, innovative and progressive country in the world.
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We need to face the fact that we need more money in order to deliver Jeremy Hunt's absolutely correct drive to guarantee even better standards of care.
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I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more.
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The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.
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One of reasons I was able to go to university was because of the sacrifices my family made.
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It's often the case that successful people invite criticism.
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