Covid Inquiry: Chair forced to intervene as Michael Gove sparks fiery response from counsel

Minister Michael Gove was put on the spot by Hugo Keith KC, a counsel to the Covid inquiry, for failing to answer his questions.
The veteran Conservative politician was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and at the head of the Cabinet Office when the pandemic struck the UK in early 2020.
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[@lindsaysmith7825]

Ghastly man continuing the diversion from what actually happened

[@thomasdolan2244]

Possibility the most devious politician in Parliament.

[@colinfarrelly2513]

You have nailed it the man is disgusting.

[@ibrstellar1080]

That's saying something as there are over 600 of them brought and controlled by tye WEF.

[@tektoms]

Jacob Rees-Mog would find this offensive.

[@driverzzzmucho]

@@tektoms lool that dude is a fool but Labour are a useless opposition

[@MrTaytersDeep]

Slimey'ist

[@kcribin5654]

Gove, the more I look at him, the more I believe in contraception…😊

[@user-hd8fj2mb5p]

😂😂

[@carmellewis2466]

I understand he's adopted.

[@johnwall8862]

They must been hoodwinked big time😂​@carmellewis2466

[@michaelashall4523]

Here's Gove talking about any thing but answering the question.

[@martiniv8924]

He’s a politician 😂

[@michaelpeirce8592]

Gove in typical style was answering questions with a question and didn't like to be stopped in his flow

[@bigbinji6145]

yep, an excellent response to counter cleverdick lawyers trying thier best to produce AHA moments. How much are we paying these worthless idiots to come to the conclusion '' Oh we should have locked down 2 days earlier '' and a 98 year old in a care home , could have sat and blankly stared at a wall another 3 days

[@SiCrewe]

You should probably listen to this again. Gove didn't ask ANY questions - let alone respond to a question with another - throughout this entire video.

[@poppyland74]

91 people agreed with this despite him not answering with a question! Biased much?

[@faithlesshound5621]

Gove was employing his media training in an inappropriate setting. Politicians are taught to use every opportunity to pump out the message of the day. After doing that they throw up a smokescreen to deflect questions during the time left for the interview, which in his case means riding his hobby horse.

[@davidyoung8683]

And we let these people rule us⁉️

[@petergraham9267]

No, we VOTE for them to rule us (at least enough of "us" do to allow them to rule in our outdated "first past the post" system - often called Majority Rule, more accurately called Winner Takes All)

[@gordonhamilton727]

They wouldn't be able to if the public didn't vote for them.

[@ibrstellar1080]

@@gordonhamilton727 They will soon surrender our Democracy and Sovereignty to the WHO but as always the Blackrock owned media keep it quiet.

[@philltaylor8442]

I know 😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂just shows stupid the majority of the British people's are today! Those days when the name Labour used to MEAN SUMTHIG TOO THE BRITISH VOTERS SAME AS CONSERVATIVES MENT SUMTHIG THAT AS ALL GONE BY THE WAY SIDE!?THE LABOUR PARTY HASN'T STUD BY A UNION FOR DECADES? SO HOW CAN YOU RECOGNISE THIS PARTY AS THE BRITISH PEOPLE'S PARTY? WEAR ON OUR OWN AGAINST THESE THREE CURUPTED PARTIES!?.

[@james00771]

@@gordonhamilton727 Perfectly true. I think the main challenge is "I vote Tory because my Mum, Dad, Grandparents, Great grandparents and our entire ancestry who ever lived voted Tory. So they can't be that bad, can they? Anyway there's nobody better".

[@georgecorish4283]

A little weasel

[@thecritic81]

All coked up and nowhere to go

[@trevorstanding6462]

Gove -- the man who taught foxes the art of slyness !

[@ibrstellar1080]

I think Tony Blair is hard to beat but maybe he's more like a Snake.

[@countycricklewood]

Obviously didn’t have his snort that morning! A snide little little man! Well done the barrister

[@dougal679]

Such a shame that the UK government is desperate enough to re employ a car salesman that loves to talk over people with his own self importance.

[@kenmay1572]

I wouldn't buy a car from Gove if it were free

[@markadams9333]

I wouldn't leave Michael Gove, with children, unattended. He looks like a wrong 'un, and he's a Tory.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

All MPs do that and ignore they aren't allowed to in court.

[@tedtedtedtedted]

your quite right, that qc should be sacked, his job is to get at pertinent fact's, that's what were paying him for, not grandstand for the LEFT-wing

[@adamc9058]

@@tedtedtedtedted- 👏🏻 🙌🏻

[@giovannisoave9634]

Gove trying to bamboozle the inquiry. A typical Tory move.

[@shit__gamer]

No, the "inquiry" has successfully achieved that with you my friend.

[@ibrstellar1080]

It's part of the plan to justify signing our Democracy and sovereignty to the WHO.

[@alastairwallace6153]

​@@shit__gamergo away vaccine dodger.

[@jackwatsonepic626]

Exactly " the CUNTservatives . 🇬🇧

[@JTV84]

because labour are too thick to try bamboozling anyone?

[@anthonyclegg1511]

Gove thinks he is too important for his own dinner break.

[@carlowingfield7743]

Gove cannot even understand the question let alone give an answer . He is like a ventriloquist dummy without the ventriloquist .

[@kensweet6022]

The dummy would do better.

[@TheSynthnut]

Give understands full well, this is exactly why he chooses to obfuscate.

[@vinparaffin6082]

Gove is the original 'Tory Boy' !

[@blue_jay31]

For sure , just other fool !

[@Kergrist]

You insult ventriloquists dummy’s

[@nichotto]

Hopefully criminal charges will some day be brought against the odious creature.

[@playerone9824]

Like drug charges. Man is obviously on something all the time!

[@cindershifter7910]

I have never heard of Hugo Keith KC before, but I like him already.

[@marywwilliams7740]

Ooh look a politician who can’t or won’t give a straight answer. 😡😡🤮

[@davidr1431]

What is the relevance of Gove’s view that the financial package was “generous”? The issue was whether it was sufficient.

[@superted6960]

Didn't the UK spend over £400 bn on this? How much do you want?

[@davidr1431]

@@superted6960 Again, not the question. Gove might not like the question, but this is not question time, this is an enquiry to enable the country to learn so that we do it better next time. Gove would be happy to thwart that if it meant not having to accept any shortcomings in the government’s performance.

[@bradfordzone5187]

@@superted6960 Yes but how much of that money was invested in buying dodgy PPE from their own friends ?

[@Palewhitegamer]

​@@bradfordzone5187too much.

[@tiltgameover800]

And he thought it was enough.

[@Ian-mj4pt]

Still trying to control the narrative

[@agg25gga]

Politicians to the truth is like vampires to the light

[@OneiLean]

Hopefully is constituents are watching this and vote him out next autumn

[@kenmay1572]

Sadly he holds one of the safest seats

[@KD-wm5po]

Says he’s talking about facts but then returns to the political narrative! 😮

[@asghersultan5142]

Pause and ask, what is the purpose of all these enquiries. I have not seen any action or tangible benefit to the nation. No lessons are learnt and the politicians continue to do as they please.

[@homeandfamilyservices2650]

Gove just loves himself. He has to make some form of interjection, be it mmmmm, yes, .. mmmmm.. , while he waits to rabbit on about stuff. Just to love his own voice.

[@petergraham9267]

He is an odious windbag, just like Farage, but he, like Farage, knows how to play the media for his own gain.........and WAY too many of us are taken in by a confident, strong (read: loud, rude) and forceful character, even when it is SO obvious they are utter self-serving crooks! :(

[@colinb8103]

Not as much as Hugo Keith loves himself

[@playerone9824]

And yet he sounds and looks like the hamster from Creature Comforts

[@Demun1649]

@@colinb8103 There are major differences between these two people. One is an under-educated cocaine addict, the other is an intelligent, educated ADULT, who has a responsible job to carry out.

[@stephenjones1380]

I think it's a cultivated "habit" to give the sense that he is listening and you have his undivided attention. It's quite an effective psychological trick.

[@moonkeele]

Has he been on the coke again?

[@scienceevolves4417]

Diet coke apparently...😅

[@bigbinji6145]

does he need help for his addiction ?

[@moonkeele]

When you say help, are you offering to sell him some? @@bigbinji6145 :)

[@playerone9824]

Yes.

[@josephgunnett7715]

What a complete waste of time and money this inquiry is.

[@AM-dk1bi]

Ladies and gentlemen, the man who thought he could run the education system. There should be a more robust qualification than a person who used to go to school!

[@charlottebowes7666]

It doesn’t really matter what they say anymore… I don’t believe them and that’s all that matters now. Be happy, you owe nothing 😎

[@Househead1200]

vote reform....?

[@superted6960]

This enquiry is supposed to be "learning lessons" against the day another pandemic comes along. They'll spend a few hundred million (probably) and after a couple of newsworthy days it'll be so much fish and chip paper.

[@charlottebowes7666]

@@Househead1200 Reform, reset, replace blah blah Try restoration 😎

[@charlottebowes7666]

@@superted6960 Unfortunately for them, I have learnt. They’re in so much trouble…😎

[@ibrstellar1080]

@@charlottebowes7666 What's the point if you don't own nothing.

[@mymusiclove123]

Questions, questions and what will happen, absolutely sweet F A.

[@theweatherman1874]

Every last one of them will lie through their teeth and if we are going to be serious about Inquiries,then we should allow the CPS to intervene and charge them all with perjury if found guilty

[@LesD9]

These people do not want to know the truth. They only want to to hear their pre-conceived views being reinforced.

[@jackryder-sw9rk]

Which people, explain what you mean as I haven't a clue what you are trying to infer.

[@LesD9]

@@jackryder-sw9rk Keith and Hallett.

[@playerone9824]

​@@LesD9Don't be stupid.

[@waynewal971]

No they are trying to get to the truth, the mistakes and wrong decisions that were made, to put the country in a better place to address a future similar situation! What’s your foolish childish gripe?

[@superted6960]

​@@waynewal971Well said

[@paulharrion3398]

Mr.Gove has had enough of experts! 😉 It's funny now that the experts are asking the questions...

[@peterwest5525]

The experts ( Whitty, Vallance, VanTam, Ferguson ) gave the advice to the government and are now trying to shift the blame.

[@Thewatcher-ee9dr]

@@peterwest5525 sorry but who are you

[@tobytroubs]

Yeah , the experts in hindsight .

[@pjj177]

​​@@peterwest5525let's not leave the main stream media out of that , they worked in lockstep together and still are ✅

[@bigbinji6145]

''experts'' ??? are we referring to those ''experts'' whose only contribution was to hinge every response to a vaccine , whence they swan off and join the pharma company when they retire for 250k for 4 board meetings a year ?

[@catherinehanner284]

They dont come any more slippery or creepy than Gove.

[@joemander7580]

How Gove has survived as long as he has is baffling.

[@TheLastSongbird124]

Still put my money on there being no one made accountable for anything at the end of this and probably be 3 or 4 years before anything comes out in print!

[@leonholly8466]

All corrupt theives and liers all of whom believe there own lies..For 💰💰lets have an open inquiry into who how much..😊

[@colinb8103]

Bet he can spell liars though

[@colinb8103]

I before E except after C

[@scienceevolves4417]

Lol😂😂😂 methinks lovey dovey govey loves the sound of is own voice a bit too much?

[@jacobprice2579]

Oh please. I’ve seen more fiery exchanges in a magistrates court over parking tickets.

[@davidhall7744]

Gove was making it up as he went along 😂

[@hopandskip]

Kitchen roll is excellent for handling slippery eels.😂

[@joeoak8181]

Well done Mr Keith. An object lesson in getting someone to answer the question.

[@onthenewsuk3681]

An object lesson in being pompous patronising and full of himself. Did he actually say “I ask the questions” 😂 what a puffed up little man

[@philipwinn4216]

What an absolute Muppet and the thing is that at the end of this they will all walk away laughing. Nobody will get charged with anything so why waste tax payers money on a ridiculous enquiry

[@david1731048]

Answering inquiry questions like he's on a Sunday morning talk show.

[@davidpenney2334]

Why are you interveiwing a criminal..?

[@colinqy]

Lost my career to your lie gove. God's wrath will not pass you by

[@justanothernobody7142]

These people have an almost impossible job getting answers from politicians. They are trained to avoid answering anything with a straight answer.

[@redhammer9910]

There's a hole in my bucket dear Lila dear Lila. That was actually quite funny. I cracked up when Council nearly head butted the lecturne.

[@jamesperrie1393]

The SNP lost trace of 5 billion sent from Westminster.

[@johnathankain8033]

The chair trying to keep a straight face is hillarious.

[@paullancaster7066]

One question is needed ( as Katie Hopkins said at the time ), " when they partied, why weren't they afraid of the thing WE were told to be afraid of?". End of enquiry!

[@rrbh]

Do you realise who you have just quoted - in public - and put your name to it? The cringe factor is off the scale.

[@paullancaster7066]

@@rrbh I have broad shoulders and stand by my convictions, however naïve I may seem. Thank you for your concerns. 👍🏿

[@ianevans2917]

Wonderful example of the vaccuous nature of British politics today.

[@Cyrus-3D]

Typical government figure, answering a question no one asked and dancing round the 1 that was.

[@sophiazworldz]

Does anyone notice that Michael Gove speaks like that “intelligent” gremlin in Gremlin 2… or is it the other way around?😂😂🇬🇧💕

[@playerone9824]

No he sounds and looks like the hamster from Creature Comforts. Hopefully, just like that hamster, he'll be behind bars one day too.

[@johnblackshaw7282]

Talk about arrogance.

[@onthenewsuk3681]

This lawyer Keith is the most pompous, patronising, sanctimonious oik. Did he actually say, “I ask the questions” !!!! He seems to think he is at the Nuremberg Trials. !!!! He needs to have a lecture in knowing his place. Utterly up himself. It is TRUE that Scotland and Wales gets SIGNIFICANTLY more spent per head of population than England. Gove should know, he’s Scottish.

[@MrJamesc91]

The chair pretty much laughed when intervening a second time. Behaviours come from the top down, the debate will solve nothing. Behave properly and hold people to account. Demand straight answers, the whole political system is FANTASTIC at speaking alot without actually saying anything. If you don't understand what I mean by that then you're either doing it yourself regularly or you're having the wool pulled over your eyes by it!

[@davidcaldwell4953]

They all come out the woodwork knowing what they were doing was not the best for the country. And yet they carried on regardless. Self defending and blaming other people. You cannot trust any of them.

[@tonyknight9912]

Nice to see someone telling this little creep what to do !

[@myleswillis]

I just tried holding my hands like that. It feels so weird, He is so weird.

[@paullancaster7066]

What a pantomime! What a waste of time!

[@user-dj3yv6je9n]

This baffon of a barrister. This should all be classified and sensitive information. What are the judges allowing this on

[@Rob99933]

It just go’s to show what type of government we all have they only see it their way and don’t like to be questioned what a complete shower of --!

[@torqueofthedevil8145]

Gove, redefining weasels in Politics since he became an MP. Seriously though who voted for him?

[@playerone9824]

Unfortunately, the majority of the British people did when they were lied to by Boris about Brexit and how Corbyn was apparently an anti-Semitic commie 🙄

[@dopelyrics6223]

Ask him about Mone after this

[@jermainelong1843]

Plastic enquiry avoiding the biggest issues.

[@CIC77]

Lol Normal Politicians on any sides avoiding answering questions 🤣

[@elainelight]

The chair should have supported the KC and told Gove to shut up and answer the question!

[@darrongreer9134]

what a waste of money and time nothing going to change no matter who in power

[@AuxesisHyperbole666]

Simply reiterating his standing as a prime weasel. It's the raised eyebrows that gives them all away, I dare say trying hard to not look like a weasel.

[@SimonPerry-cz4ke]

Gove Slippery as a Buttered Otter

[@andyetheridge]

Gove the coke ‘ead! Other soft drinks are available!😂

[@charlielynes]

Completely Uncaring Narcissistic Tory!

[@shazoids]

Why did we spend £28billion on an app which didn’t work and most other clubs tries spent and tiny tiny fraction which worked.

[@CT99234]

He is such a truthful figure that I am shocked. Shocked! That anyone would even question him? It's shocking... truly shocking!

[@tedtedtedtedted]

when is the actual inquiry set to begin ?

[@joelhall5124]

Politicians simply can't stop being politicians. He realises he's being a direct question by a barrister, right? Not an interviewer on a radio show

[@shazoids]

How did Sunak lose £14billion in covid loans

[@bonwrentaylor2743]

Gove being characteristically slippery and disingenuous as usual ....!

[@shazoids]

Was the Nitingale Hospital a sham.

[@mikefox248]

A giant eel covered in axle grease is less slippery than Michael Gove!

[@rogernewman5903]

The arrogance of Gove is an insult to a fair question. Politicians en masse have mastered the art of fudge and filibustering.

[@bulldog1066jpd]

Anyone remember the slap Michael gove internet game of a few yrs back...... he was slapped well over 3 million times 😂😂😂

[@gigmcsweeney8566]

Shocking how some in the tory party actually think Gove is an intellectual. More tired and sad, if you ask me.

[@nigelfrancis2514]

What’s the point in an enquiry where liars just tell further lies and nobody can do ANYTHING about it ???????

[@drago1943]

Gove is such a snake.

[@julielyus399]

We call him the Baby Faced Assassin because he stabbed Johnson in the back. I would never trust a tory especially this one.

[@resurgam75]

Distraction PANTOMIME. The validity of masking and lockdown? The relationship between government and big pharma. These are the important questions.

[@davidgraham8058]

The inquiry will never question the validity of masks or lockdown. They’ve dogmatically concluded that they were necessary. The inquiry is therefore completely pointless.

[@Heathen.Deity.]

A Tory saying they’re dealing in facts certainly gave me a chuckle.

[@nigelwilliams2547]

this man is unfit for office

[@martinevans5587]

Gove way out of his league

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

What a snake

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

Which one..

[@user-wl4cl1ph3b]

The Garden gnome of British politics👀🙄🤣

[@davidgraham8058]

What a pointless inquiry. They’ve already come to their conclusions.

[@waynewal971]

Another self serving want to be clever clogs! obviously so entitled , he believes he is able to do and say exactly what he wants to do and say, and this is the man who said experts don’t know anything, and nobody should listen to them🤷‍♂️

[@bumpyjason]

Yeah but Michael Gove just LUUURRRRRRVVVVSS TO DAAAAAAAANCE 🕺

[@johannesnicolaas]

At last all this neoliberal spin is broken down by tough questioning.!!

[@rickallen9167]

And once again, as is in the political Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy... Never answer the question, always answer the question nobody asks!

[@bereal6590]

The mmm, mmmm,mmmm,mmmm, is so irritating

[@playerone9824]

It's a form of control. He can't talk but he can still try to control the situation.

[@user-yz5im1dp3k]

This whole enquiry is the biggest waste of money since HS2, no government could have been prepared for what happened,what they should be doing is having an enquiry into bringing to justice the 1000s of people who made a fortune out of the pandemic and Should be brought to justice named and shamed legalised criminals , i could start the ball rolling with a few names

[@robbreeze7599]

“Quite rightly Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland receive funding my generous than England” Why?