Gove on Ashcroft

“The party’s unhealthy reliance on Ashcroft puts its entire electoral strategy at risk. Move over Jim Davidson, there’s an even more high-profile comedian backing the Tories. Let’s give a big welcome to the king of the one-liners, self-made millionaire, self-style Lord, I was just taking the Michael Ashcroft”. Michael Gove on Ashcroft in 2000