Michael Gove has stepped down and the internet has stepped up – 23 favourite not-so-fond farewells

A resounding ‘Good riddance! from Twitter/X

Other than from the last few remaining staff of GB News and both of their viewers, we detected absolutely no sympathy or admiration for the departing Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

7.

Good grief! That splashing sound you hear is of yet another rat leaving the sinking ship @michaelgove https://t.co/PimvwVNJ0R

— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) May 24, 2024

8.

Dear Mogg
Just as Edward Lear wrote, '…all mimsy were the borogoves', our Gove is so mimsy he's afraid of braving the electorate. He's run out of people to stab in the back, hasn't he, Moggo? Of course, I was his most famous sacrificial ham.
Tofu in balti
Boris

— Michael Rosen (@MichaelRosenYes) May 24, 2024

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Of course Michael Gove is running away from Parliament, accountability & the consequences of his own actions. He’ll be back on Murdoch’s teat in no time.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) May 24, 2024

10.

Wednesday: “Who dares wins! You have dared and you will win!”
Friday: “You know what, I can’t be arsed.” pic.twitter.com/uU2LO0XVvM

— Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast (@OhGodWhatNowPod) May 24, 2024

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Gove standing down. pic.twitter.com/swYCQoQ5BQ

— Anne Laird (@AnneLaird31) May 24, 2024

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As Michael Gove steps down as an MP, he says it was "the honour of my life" to have spent 14 years fucking up the country.

— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) May 25, 2024

13.

We have much to thank Michael Gove for. All of it his decision to step down.

— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) May 24, 2024

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Resignation letters are funny.
“I’m good at my job. Here’s the good things I’ve done whilst being good at my job. I’ve turned this resignation letter – addressed to one individual – into a public report card, written by me. And I’ve concluded that I’ve been really good at my job” https://t.co/8IcpPayp91

— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) May 25, 2024

15.

Gove resigning to spend more time at the club?

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) May 24, 2024

16.

Very disappointed that we won’t be able to see Michael Gove’s red, perspiring face as he gets humiliated at midnight on polling day. But I guess his private life is no concern of ours.

— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) May 25, 2024

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Happy clubbing, Groove-meister! pic.twitter.com/kGaLS9WG3h

— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) May 24, 2024

18.

Stepping down to spend more time with our money. pic.twitter.com/yoFj67zGOu

— Captain Howdy (@MajorPazuzu) May 24, 2024

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Michael Gove stepping down pic.twitter.com/u0gbcifqcy

— Toby Earle Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) May 24, 2024

20.

Michael Gove, a man so dreadful you had to admit that he was punching above with Sarah Vine x

— Buckers (@deathofbuckley) May 24, 2024

21.

Congratulations to all Marxist teachers hell-bent on destroying schools who are somehow still getting up every day to make those schools function in impossible circumstances while this man casts himself into the dustbin of history https://t.co/m1QegQsGLe pic.twitter.com/lRTjE0qmBv

— Generic English Teacher (@TabitaSurge) May 24, 2024

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finally Michael Gove does something we can all approve of. Fucking off into the sunset

— dave ❄️ (@mrdavemacleod) May 24, 2024

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You just know in a women and children first situation, Gove would be straight into a lifeboat regardless. https://t.co/xCGimHS3sD pic.twitter.com/7qKInHyl3i

— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) May 24, 2024

Nooruddean beautifully captured the general mood.

One of the vilest politicians of a wretched bunch. Utterly hateful. I wish him only misery in the future. https://t.co/ZPVFr5kpcn

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) May 24, 2024

Goodbye, Mr Gove. Don’t let the door bang you on the arse on your way out.

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