Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Well he's not in the Cabinet!
Somebody I know wanted Gove to win the leadership election because he "has the finest brain in British politics". That's a term I've heard applied, always to tories, a few times before. Sir Keith Joseph for one, David "two brains" Willetts was another and then there was John Redwood. With the possible exception of Willetts, they all struck me as brilliant in some ways, but also so odd and unworldly that tying their own shoelaces might have been a challenge too much for them.