Labour’s support for ‘dynamic alignment’ with Europe and a youth mobility scheme has gone unchallenged by Gove – and Farage
Asked in 2020 whether the UK would accept aligning with EU business regulations, Michael Gove, the then Cabinet Office minister, said bluntly: “We will not trade away our sovereignty.”
Sitting next to his Labour successor, Nick Thomas-Symonds, on Wednesday, the now editor of the Spectator was more circumspect.
Asked if he accepted Thomas-Symonds’sargument that so-called dynamic alignment was good for the economy, Gove replied with a smile: “I will wait to see the details before making a definitive judgment.”
Underpinning Gove’s response was not just the politeness of a host – Thomas-Symonds gave his speech at the Spectator’s premises – but a realisation that voters have moved on since 2025.
