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Boris Johnson fires Michael Gove after Gove called on Johnson to resign earlier in the day.

Boris Johnson fires Michael Gove after Gove called on Johnson to resign earlier in the day. A 10 Downing Street official says that "you can’t have a snake who is not with you on any of the big arguments who then gleefully tells the press the leader has to go".

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PoliticsBoris Johnson fires Michael Gove after Gove called on Johnson to resign earlier in the day.

Boris Johnson fires Michael Gove after Gove called on Johnson to resign earlier in the day. A 10 Downing Street official says that "you can’t have a snake who is not with you on any of the big arguments who then gleefully tells the press the leader has to go".

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