Michael Gove's Car Crash Interview Leaves Big Questions
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
According to devastating revelations in The Guardian, the Tory peer Michelle Mone is alleged to have lobbied on behalf of a company she reportedly made vast sums of money from - despite previous denials. These allegations need answers, of course - not least from Michael Gove, who told Sky News that he referred the bid to the appropriate civil service channels - but this seems to be contradicted by the evidence. So what is really going on? And what does this say about modern Britain?
Read David Conn's latest piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/24/michael-gove-under-pressure-explain-role-ppe-deals-michelle-mone
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| 0:20.0 | Now I want to look at the case of Michelle Moan, |
| 0:22.8 | who joined the Conservatives because Gordon Brown |
| 0:26.6 | as rich people to pay a bit more tax after the financial crash |
| 0:29.9 | or it was a terrible time for rich people, |
| 0:32.3 | having a top rate of tax of 50%. |
| 0:35.1 | Now she originally made her doosh by setting up a lingerie company |
| 0:38.8 | until it went under in 2018. |
| 0:41.3 | She also had sold supposed weight loss supplements |
| 0:45.5 | that they were criticised by the British Diotetic Association. |
| 0:49.5 | Sold luxury jewelry on a home shopping channel, |
| 0:51.8 | sold the fake tan products even positioned herself as a crypto currency guru. |
| 0:56.0 | Anyway, she became a conservative peer back in 2015. |
| 0:59.1 | Now, as brilliant investigative work by Garvin Jonas-David Conn, |
| 1:02.6 | who I can't recommend more. |
| 1:03.6 | He really is a superb journalist. |
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