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Politics

Gove, gone

If the Tories win the election, the reshuffle gamble will have paid off

19 July 2014

9:00 AM

19 July 2014

9:00 AM

‘There’s no shame in a cabinet to win the next election,’ declared an exasperated senior No. 10 figure on Tuesday night. This week’s reshuffle was not one for the purists: it was designed with campaigning, not governing, in mind. With less than ten months to go to polling day, politics trumps policy.

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