Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Michael Gove's No 10 hopes falter after cocaine admission
Michael Gove’s campaign to be Conservative leader is hanging in the balance with calls for him to quit the race, as he was forced to insist that he never misled officials about his use of class A drugs.
The environment secretary gave an interview admitting he was “fortunate” to have avoided jail for possession of cocaine, after a new book revealed he had taken the drug on several occasions while a journalist around 20 years ago.
He said he had never misled UK government officials or US border authorities by failing to declare he had used drugs in the past and dismissed the idea that he could be subject to a ban on travelling to the US in future as “foolish”.
It just gets better and better.
Michael Gove’s campaign to be Conservative leader is hanging in the balance with calls for him to quit the race, as he was forced to insist that he never misled officials about his use of class A drugs.
The environment secretary gave an interview admitting he was “fortunate” to have avoided jail for possession of cocaine, after a new book revealed he had taken the drug on several occasions while a journalist around 20 years ago.
He said he had never misled UK government officials or US border authorities by failing to declare he had used drugs in the past and dismissed the idea that he could be subject to a ban on travelling to the US in future as “foolish”.
It just gets better and better.
