A confused Dan Walker questioned Levelling Up and Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s behaviour during an interview, which some claimed was erratic. Gove broke into different accents on numerous occasions as he tried to reassure the public that the government was “constantly” looking at ways to relieve the financial crisis.
“We’re constantly looking at ideas in order to make sure that we relieve the pressure on people who are facing incredibly tough times,” he claimed to Dan on BBC Breakfast.
However, he insisted: “That doesn’t mount up to an emergency budget, which some people immediately thought that it did.”
Accusing the media of exaggerating, he added: “It is an example of some commentators chasing their own tails.
“[They are] trying to take a statement that is commonsensical, turning it into a major capital letters news story, and in fact when the Treasury quite rightly say ‘Calm down’, then people, instead of recognising that they’ve over-inflated the story in the first place, then say ‘Ooh, this is clearly a split’,” he added.
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Some argued that he might not have been feeling well.
For example, @Stephen87386723 argued: “Though I despise his politics, he’s a fellow human being and that type of disoriented behaviour can signal something seriously wrong, let’s hope hes ok.”
Meanwhile @GoodCopBadCop suggested: “Can’t help but shake the suspicion he’s been advised to show a more “relatable personality” ahead of a leadership campaign but because, like Hancock, he’s incapable of doing so it just comes off as weird.”