Michael Gove confessed to taking cocaine – our favourite 19 responses

Tory party leader wannabe has admitted to taking cocaine and expressed his hope that it doesn’t stop him from becoming PM.

And it’s pretty much the only story in town right now. Here are our favourite 19 lines.

1.

Obviously being a cocaine user shouldn’t disqualify Michael Gove from being PM. Being Michael Gove should.

— John Niven HQ (@estellecostanza) June 7, 2019

2.

Michael Gove must now be wishing he’d gone for ‘no deal’ all those years ago.

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) June 8, 2019

3.

Or at least left something on the table.

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) June 8, 2019

4.

Cocaine turns people into arseholes. In Michael Gove’s case it’s a chicken and egg thing.

— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 7, 2019

5.

https://twitter.com/shaunwkeaveny/status/1137250453211815937

6.

Pretty cool how normal people can get thrown in jail for cocaine use (a policy Michael Gove doesn't want to change) whilst he can dust off an anecdote about that time he used nose drugs in order to look slightly less fucking dull in a leadership contest pic.twitter.com/VMUNnvF9JE

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 7, 2019

7.

https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1137123705014890496

8.

I'm not sure I ever saw admitting to drug usage as a crucial step in the Tory leadership battle, but here we are again. Next up, Rees-Mogg's laudanum binge with Coleridge and De Quincey https://t.co/S7d67ndOWp

— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) June 7, 2019

9.

Crikey. pic.twitter.com/40YRrnxXrq

— Nick Harvey (@mrnickharvey) June 7, 2019

10.

I’m always the same the next day if I get shit gear so I empathize https://t.co/uu4TgZ6Cga

— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) June 8, 2019