When it comes to the most corrupt Member of Parliament, it is hard to choose. Could it be Theresa May for her dodgy dealings with Saudi Arabia and the wrongful deportation of tens of thousands of foreign students, Liam Fox for masquerading as a charity and scheming with Adam Werritty while Secretary of State for Defence, or Grant Shapps whose web…
After Michael Gove’s heavy hands disturbed the Queen’s sense of decorum during the EU referendum campaign, as the now-former justice secretary informed one tabloid of her veiled preference for Brexit, The Shimmering Ostrich can explosively reveal that the Queen summoned Gove to Windsor Castle, where in the midst of great anger he was dealt with very roughly indeed. The lure was a…
First as Secretary of State for Education and now as the chief architect of Brexit, in the public consciousness Michael Gove basks in the rosy glow of a Britain long since passed. O-levels, the Commonwealth, even the Australia from which Gove would derive his points-based immigration system, all these are twentieth-century constructs, but ask any one of Gove’s closest allies and…
