Novichok inquiry told of ‘car crash’ Gove meeting

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wq976xq5zo

by Tartan_Samurai

12 comments

  3. His [Gove’s] approach was “worrying”, she added.

    The email chain was later forwarded on by Sir Jeremy, who died in November 2018 after retiring on health grounds, to someone whose name has been redacted, with him adding: “A bit worrying…”

    Sir Jeremy also replied to someone whose name is redacted, saying: “This man cannot be put in charge of anything…”

    Wow, I wonder who he was talking about.

  4. This was an act of war. The total lack of response has both made Britain look internationally toothless and ineffectual and probably contributed hugely to emboldening Russia’s repeated criminal acts in Ukraine and across Europe.

  5. Imagine the utter self confidence required to be unbriefed and inexperienced on a topic and push back so hard at the actual experts

  6. Incredible that this idiot is seen as some sort of ‘intellectual.’

  7. Lots of people making fun of Mikey here, but let’s not forget – this is the man who WROTE THE BIBLE. It’s the best selling book of all time. Show some respect.

  8. Michael ‘this country has had enough of experts’ Gove proving himself once again.

  9. Wait what. Is this being considered a car crash because Gove thought the local authority (i.e. the council) might not be best equipped for decontamination of deadly nerve agents???

    Christ why do you want the local council in charge of that, do councils retain SMEs for this type of thing or as Gove seems to be alluding to, they should turn to government who can mobilise a quick response. Am I misunderstanding something here? I completely disagree with the CMOs suggestion local authority should be responsible.

  10. Dare I say I think he was right in this instance? If it was apparent at that stage that a chemical weapon had been deployed on British soil then in no way should that have been left to local authority level employees to manage, it absolutely needed a centralised government response.

    I get the reluctance on the part of some people to deviate from SOPs, due to the uncertainty of improvisation and fear of being held accountable for any errors resulting, but that should superceded by a Minister centralising and delegating matters. I’ve seen too many people in this country who are adamant that SOPs are some kind of holy scripture that is a damnable heresy to deviate from and will look absolutely aghast if you dare suggest doing something different, rather than treating them as a guide that will be useful only 90% of the time.

  11. There should be no surprise that there was a ‘car crash’ of a meeting with Gove. In fact every single meeting, discussion and briefing that came after 2016 with any member of the Tory Governments seems to have been a fucking ‘car crash’.

    From May’s Government to the end of Sunak’s time in office, nothing was more apparent than the obvious chaos, ignorance and fucking about by a bunch of carpetbaggers and shysters that had no intention of improving, let alone protecting, the lives of ordinary British citizen. These people should never have been allowed anywhere near holding any office of any status whatsoever. All involved in the Brexit fuck-uppery, the economic and social isolation of the country along with the protection of Russian interests in the UK should be investigated and thrown before the courts. They professed to be patriots, yet all evidence suggests otherwise, doesn’t it?

  12. So much for the idea that Gove was such a competent member of government! Maybe he was competent relatively speaking with the cabinets that he served in, but that’s not saying much. He had the ear of Murdoch, so was able to put up this image of himself.

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