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

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-18T07:00:53+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/oct/18/michael-gove-justifies-his-politics-radical-thinking-with-aditya-chakrabortty
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/austerity-is-inevitably-painful-how-michael-gove-justifies-his-politic-acd26a/

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 t

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