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Gove joins rats leaving sinking Tory ship as Sunak visits Titanic Museum

Source: Reuters

Michael Gove has announced he is not standing for re-election as an MP ahead of the general election on July 4.

The secretary of state for Levelling Up is one of the longest-serving Conservative ministers and the last remaining high-profile MP from the David Cameron government elected in 2010.

The shock announcement is another blow to the Tory Party already scrambling to find candidates for almost a third of constituencies after Rishi Sunak announced the election on Wednesday.

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