Trojan Horse scandal
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The Trojan Horse scandal, also known as "Operation Trojan Horse" or the Trojan Horse affair, was a conspiracy theory that posited a plot to introduce an "Islamist" or "Salafist" ethos into several sch
Gender segregation and intimidation by governors were alleged at Carlton Bolling College in Bradford
Prime Minister David Cameron declared that refusing to accept British laws and way of life was "not an option"
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, announced after the investigation that schools must promote "British values"
Michael Gove
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Michael Andrew Gove, Baron Gove is a British politician and journalist. A member of the House of Lords since 2025, he previously held senior Cabinet positions in Conservative governments between 2010
Trojan Horse scandal
…sparking controversy. In December 2022 the conservative pressure group Policy Exchange challenged the findings of The New York Times; the group's founder Michael Gove, who had served as the UK's Secretary of State for Education during the scandal, complained that the Times portrayed Britain as "an insular backwater…
Official portrait, 2025
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where Gove studied (pictured in 2017)
Official portrait, 2012
Official portrait, 2015