Gove and his wife, the journalist Sarah Vine, have decided to divorce.
Not exactly a shock as she has been dropping hints about how power changes a man for some time in her Mail on Sunday column.
"Friends of the couple" say there is no one else involved. I suspect the papers may have something to say on that.
Certainly the Guido Fawkes website has been dropping hints. Apparently the Prime Ministers spokesman has been asked by the press pack where Gove would be sleeping tonight, on various different occasions.
https://order-order.com/
Four days ago Gove said Johnson was right not to sack Hancock for having an affair.
In normal circumstances affairs may not matter too much to the general population. But after sixteen months of lockdowns, masks and "social distancing" it really does matter. Especially coming four days after it was revealed that Matt Hancock had been "social distancing" his fancy woman all over.
Gove and Hancock were both prodigious supporters of lockdown. Hancock has gone in disgrace and if Gove has been carrying on like Hancock did it's bad for the government.
Because it will reveal massive hypocrisy. Do as I do plebs, not as I say. Lockdown and social distancing for you, trips to the footie in Portugal and sex with a lady outside of our bubble for us.
Incidentally there was a rumour that Gove was having a gay affair with Dominic Cummings five years since, as referenced by DC's wife Mary Wakefield. But I don't expect that to be true.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/my- ... -with-gove