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Telegraph
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Trump wears a weave, claims Michael Gove
A weave is a type of hair extension or hairpiece which involves sewing or glueing hair onto the scalp to give the hair more volume. Mr Trump has repeatedly denied wearing a toupee or wig, telling 1,800 people in South Carolina in August 2015 that he does 'not wear a toupee', adding 'it's my hair ... I swear'. Former cabinet minister Lord Gove is a divisive figure in Conservative circles. He was dismissed from office in 2016 by then-Prime Minister Theresa May, who reportedly told him to 'go and learn about loyalty on the backbenches' during a two-minute meeting. By January 2017, Lord Gove had left Parliament and gave the first British post-election interview to Mr Trump, before rejoining Parliament in the same year at the snap general election. It made him the second British politician to meet Trump as President-elect of the United States, after Nigel Farage. 'Man cave' In his recent interview, Lord Gove revealed Mr Trump 's office was like 'a man cave in which every wall was an ego wall'. He added that the President's 'ability to endure' will probably lead to 'disaster'. 'He's a character operating without limits, self-absorbed. He wants the world to tremble at his choices,' he told the magazine. 'He believes that he is a winner; the silverback; the apex predator. He has an ability to endure, to never die which will probably lead to disaster.' Lord Gove also told Tatler the best place to dance is 'at home' after he was filmed dancing at a nightclub in Aberdeen in 2021. 'Mortified' He said: 'We were having a nightcap in a pub, and there was a club upstairs. And I thought, why not? Aberdeen, in my mind, is safer territory. 'I remember the next morning waking up and thinking: 'oops'. And then during the day, it became clear that pictures had been shared, and feeling mortified that afternoon.' The former cabinet minister also admitted that he took cocaine as a journalist in the 1990s. He said: 'I wouldn't want to trivialise it, but it was a feature of, not of every journalist's life, [but it was hardly uncommon] in the 90s, though he described it as a 'mistake'. 'I would strongly advise — no one's going to listen to me — that it was a mistake to take it. While [admitting it] was politically inconvenient and some people will definitely have thought less of me, and it led to quite a painful 48 hours, you have to live with the consequences of your actions.']
Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Lord Gove: Westminster must bow to Scottish referendum clamour
A former high-ranking Conservative government minister has conceded that there might have to be another Scottish independence referendum if the public showed 'overwhelming support'. Lord Gove of Torry, who held various roles in the Westminster cabinet for most of 2010-24, said he did not think a second independence vote — ruled out repeatedly by a series of Conservative prime ministers — was necessary. But the Aberdeen-born Tory, who stood down as an MP last year, said any UK government might have to change its mind if backing for independence grew north of the border. Gove was often tasked with overseeing relations between the UK and Scottish government but was also part of a UK administration that rejected requests from the SNP for a second referendum.
