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"The people of this country have had enough of experts. - Michael Gove, in interview with Faisal Islam on June 3, 2016."

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January 1, 1970

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Gove did not end his sentence here; he was interrupted by the interviewer . The full quote is: "The people of this country have had enough of experts from organizations with acronyms, saying that they know what is best, and getting it consistently wrong." By eliding the latter part of the sentence, his opponents could argue that he had referred to experts as a whole, rather than to a particular behavior in which experts engaged.

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Gove did not end his sentence here; he was interrupted by the interviewer . The full quote is: "The people of this country have had enough of experts from organizations with acronyms, saying that they know what is best, and getting it consistently wrong." By eliding the latter part of the sentence, his opponents could argue that he had referred to experts as a whole, rather than to a particular behavior in which experts engaged.