michael gove, you're back from washington.ca would have been very publicly saying it was on the side of the protesters on the streets. presumably not at the moment, with the administration of president trump, given the difficulties he's facing over the relationship between some in his campaign team and the russians? yes, it is striking. the former national security adviser, mike flynn, and the former campaign manager, they are in the downsides of congress and others because of allegations of corruption and collusion, but separate from that, or so it appears, the president and rex tillerson are looking for a reset. every previous president has sought a reset with mr putin. president obama wanted one, president bush wanted one. the previous president said he thought he was a good man. i think there will be a disillusionment. fundamentally, it is very difficult to see how any american president worth their salt can forge an understanding with putin when there are strategic interests are not aligned, and also when putin's incursio

michael gove, you're just back from america.they were on the side of the protesters on the street. but not 110w. protesters on the street. but not now. it is striking. there's certain people who, the former national security advisor michael flynn and the former campaign manager, paul manafort, absolutely in the gun sights of congress and others, because of allegations of corruption and collusion. separate from that, the president and rex tillerson are looking for a reset. now, every previous president has sought a reset with mr putin. 0bama wanted one, bush wanted one. when bush became president and he met putin, he looked into his eyes and he could see his soul, and thought he was a good man. there would be disimlusionment. fundamentally, it's very difficult to see how any american president worth their salt can forge an understanding with putin when their strategy interests are not aligned and also when putin's incursions into the ukraine and his attitude towards his neighbours is not that of a country thatis neighbours is not

michael gove, you were a supporter of brexit, a big advocate during last yea r‘s of brexit, a big advocate

former education secretary, one of his su ccesso rs education secretary, one of his successors michael goveut them. they are saying we are good value and are helping children who would not otherwise get a good education, but it seems that the government are less enthusiastic. free schools are getting far less oversight. you often see people saying, i went to a grammar school and it was great. people who went to secondary modern that seemed to do that. where did you go? i went to a comprehensive. comprehensive as well. there is a valid point though that people from the media are from grammar schools. now, you both have opinions on this. kelvin mackenzie's column on friday. a stackable offence? yes. anything stackable in the world of commercial paper is because what you have to look at is the bottom line. there are all sorts of suggestions about what he said. it needs to be investigated. for someone who has worked on tabloids, ido someone who has worked on tabloids, i do know the oversight that would have gone into that. it should have been seen by sub editors. when kelvin says the l word, as

i was going to take issue with michael gove on this point.ake issue with somebody i am in a position where i feel horribly betrayed by the political classes around brexit, not just here but nationally and internationally. and to say that this election has been cold for anything other than political expediency is clearly not honest and thatis expediency is clearly not honest and that is a betrayal on a level. i understand it and see the necessity to make the dance. but it feels like it is disingenuous. what would be wrong with theresa may being honest and saying, you know what, we have a good opportunity to increase our majority. let's do it because it will help with brexit negotiations? she has been honest, i've worked with theresa may and disagree with her on some issues but she is a deeply moral and ethical person and will have come to this conclusion because she thought it was in the national interest to ensure a strong government has the it requires, as a ma nifesto government has the it requires, as a manifesto endorsed by the public, to

earlier, that ma nifesto saying to michael gove earlier, that manifesto will be her blueprint forine will pull that together? traditionally it's done by the prime minister and her policy team. she has a policy unit. she has a head of that unit, which is george freeman. i'm sure she will call upon ministers to contribute to it. that can be done reasonably swiftly. already she has made a number of speeches setting out the kind of britain which she wa nts to out the kind of britain which she wants to see. so, brexit, which undoubtedly will be the biggest issue in the election, we have a white paper, so her vision is pretty clear i think. do you get to pitch into that? you're a leading campaigner for brexit, do you into that? you're a leading campaignerfor brexit, do you get into that? you're a leading campaigner for brexit, do you get to feed into that? we have obviously been contributing to the formation of policy for some considerable time. the writing of the manifesto is going to have to be done pretty quickly. the reason i ask, though, obviously there are differences on the backb

even michael gove said it, obviously a prominent figure in the leave campaign last year. what he said. obviously we have heard a lot this week about the article 50 letter being sent over by theresa may and then we heard the eu council's draft guidelines on how it wants the negotiations to go. lots of letters backwards and forwards, lots of talk about how the negotiations might go, but we have not heard an awful lot about what the content might be. so today michael fallon, the defence secretary, was asked on the andrew marr show about this issue of freedom of movement, whether there would be any chance he could give us any suggestion about what the timing could be and he said simply no because the negotiations have not started yet. here is what he had to say. we have made it clear that we are leaving the european union, we are leaving the single market, we are leaving the customs union, and we will no longer be under the ambit of the european the european court ofjustice. but it's also clear we have to avoid a cliff edge. we need to give business and the various sectors of

michael gove said it last year. it is interesting what he said.this week about the article 50 letter being sent by theresa may and then we had the eu council's view on how they wa nt the eu council's view on how they want the eu negotiations to go. but we have not heard an awful lot of what the content might be. today the defence secretary was asked on the andrew marr show about this issue of freedom of movement and whether there would be any chance that he could give us a suggestion of the timing and he said simply no. the negotiations have not started yet. this is what he said. we have made it clear that we are leaving the european union, leaving the single market and the customs union and we will no longer be under the ambit of the european court ofjustice. but it is also clear we have to avoid a cliff edge. we need to give business and the various sectors of our economy the certainty that they need that they will not suddenly be a huge difference between the day after we leave and the day before. the prime minister set that out in her speech t

michael gove did well to protect the education budget. it is the most important thing.you must be a head chef as well, just to even it out. that's all we have time for this evening. but before we go, all politicians know that the odd egging or flour attack is part and parcel of political life. nonetheless, spare a thought for francois fillon, who might well think the scale of this one today really took the biscuit. good night. music: hoppipolla by sigur ros good evening. plenty of fine weather on the way for most areas of the uk for the next few days and today was a pretty decent day for most places. 18 degrees in the sunshine but only ten or 11 underneath this cloud in the north and west. the cloud will stick around overnight, western scotla nd stick around overnight, western scotland with a bit of a breeze but for many it is a finite, especially where we saw the sunshine today it will be clear skies overnight and where you have a clear skies, especially in rural spots, it will turn quite chilly, two or three degrees in a lot of places. the chilly start at a sunny star

well, with me now is michael gove — former education and justice secretary for the conservative partyarchitect for brexit. i keep coming to talk to us. just telling me that you are very excited to be going camping again shortly but he did not know. you we re shortly but he did not know. you were at notting hill tube station!|j were at notting hill tube station!” had no idea. my wife rang the other was getting on the tube and asked me what was going on, she had no idea. my wife rang the other was getting on the tube and asked me what was going on, she is a press conference andl going on, she is a press conference and i had no idea. made it clear that she wanted to have a second independence referendum and really tried to put, you know, tried to undermine teresa's progress, i thought i might be a strong case but everybody said that it was not going to happen. you could have knocked me down with a feather when the news broke. in the next few weeks, i would imagine the prime minister is going to put together her manifesto, and one would expect the manifesto will be her blueprint for brexi

in 2013, michael gove to go with the discretion of headteachers and all of these 200,000 parents becomevernight. it is not fair become criminals overnight. it is notfairor become criminals overnight. it is not fair or true. because the numbers. lastly, the attendance figures for schools in england were released. 800,000 children missed at least one session of school. that means1.6 least one session of school. that means 1.6 million parents are criminalised by this and it is not good enough to sate is only a £60 fine. it is that parents £60, not the state. what happens now? lady hale made it clear that your case would now go back to the magistrates' court and lets you come within one of these limited statutory exceptions, it is a religious holiday, which it was not, then you will be found guilty of a criminal offence. well, we will see. i will not have the prosecutors advance warning of my defence, but to say the least, if they could not even spell my name right on the summons, i think you might find that i have a defence to this position. you will not be pleading guilty? absolutely not.

campaign for real education and a former government advisor to the former education secretary, michael gove apartheid and it depends on people's ability to pay. the rich can buy a place in private school or they can buy a house near toa school or they can buy a house near to a good comrades. the rest, i'm afraid, get what is left over so every marxist across the country as well as every conservative, should support the government. actually, if anything, she understates the case, we need hundreds more grammar schools be educated in line with attitude. academic children need an academic education. children who are not academic need a vocational education or a more technical education or a more technical education and we need technical schools alongside grammar schools but great, thank goodness we have our prime minister and secretary of state who are at last put in some form of real socialjustice ahead of this ideology of comprehensive schools which has placed us nowhere in the educational league tables and is failing so many children. what do you say to those who would argue that the creatio