Michael Gove on Britishness and austerity

Michael Gove, a leading figure in British Conservatism for more than three decades and now editor of the Spectator, appears in the latest episode of the Guardian podcast Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty. The interview covers his views on Britishness and his justification for austerity politics.

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Guardian Published 17 October 2026

Why Michael Gove worries about Britishness | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. As a journalist, government minister and now editor of the Tory bible, the Spectator, he has helped shape the right even as it has moved further rightwards. In the latest episode of Radical Thinking, Gove joins Aditya Chakrabortty to discuss the future of the right, his record on Brexit and austerity, and the Spectator’s pos…

Guardian Published 17 October 2026

‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

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