Michael Gove admits he is ‘over the hill’ in politics: ‘I have done my shift’

Gove admits he is 'over the hill' in politics: 'I have done my shift'Sky News

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00:00Both ensuring that there is a strong Conservative voice in Parliament, but also you are doing

00:05everything you can to prevent a series of tax increases that won't just hit pensioners

00:10and first-time buyers, but will hit the economy in the guts.

00:13So why are you leaving the field then?

00:15Well, I'm over the hill.

00:17So I've been in Parliament for 20 years, I've been a minister for 39 of the last 14 years.

00:23I believe that it's time for the Conservative Party to have a new generation coming forward,

00:28people like Claire Coutinho, Laura Trott, Kemi Badenoch, alongside Rishi Sunak, and

00:33I will do my very best as a Conservative to support them in that endeavour.