Gove Betrays Boris In Delicious Irony; Opens Door For May

The pure Machiavellian maneuvering of British politicians is something you wouldn’t believe if they made it a movie. It’s becoming quite clear that Boris Johnson, the man who betrayed David Cameron, has now himself been brutally betrayed by Michael Gove. And it looks like Gove’s act of treachery not only has sunk Johnson but also his own chance of becoming Prime Minister as MPs reacted angrily to this latest betrayal. Said one, “Doing a Gove’ will become like ‘gerrymandering’, a phrase to enter the lexicon. P[eo]pl[e] will forget who it was about, but not the act. What Michael Gove has done today will live on in political history for a long time. He’s trashed his own reputation.” But the best line of the day came from MP Nigel Evans who apparently said, “This makes House of Cards look like TeletubbiesHQ.” Theresa May is now the odds on favorite to win the leadership contest and become the next Prime Minister, although at this point you have to wonder who would want to take on that thankless job.