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Sarah Vine returns to Daily Mail after Michael Gove’s failed leadership bid | Sarah Vine returns to Daily Mail after Michael Gove’s failed leadership bid |
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Sarah Vine, the Daily Mail’s self-professed “Wednesday witch”, will return to the paper for the first time on Wednesday, following her husband Michael Gove’s short-lived bid to be Tory leader. | Sarah Vine, the Daily Mail’s self-professed “Wednesday witch”, will return to the paper for the first time on Wednesday, following her husband Michael Gove’s short-lived bid to be Tory leader. |
Vine has not appeared in the paper since her last column on 29 June in which she revealed her husband’s response to the shock Brexit referendum win: “Gosh. I suppose I had better get up.” | Vine has not appeared in the paper since her last column on 29 June in which she revealed her husband’s response to the shock Brexit referendum win: “Gosh. I suppose I had better get up.” |
Her absence came after a highly embarrassing email was leaked in which she urged Gove to demand a senior job from the then leadership front-runner Boris Johnson and suggested that her boss, Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre, as well as Rupert Murdoch, would back Gove in any contest. | Her absence came after a highly embarrassing email was leaked in which she urged Gove to demand a senior job from the then leadership front-runner Boris Johnson and suggested that her boss, Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre, as well as Rupert Murdoch, would back Gove in any contest. |
Two days later, the Mail came out with a strong endorsement of Gove’s rival Theresa May. | Two days later, the Mail came out with a strong endorsement of Gove’s rival Theresa May. |
It sparked speculation that Vine’s departure from the paper was a permanent one, and the contents of her comeback column on Wednesday will be eagerly anticipated. | It sparked speculation that Vine’s departure from the paper was a permanent one, and the contents of her comeback column on Wednesday will be eagerly anticipated. |
An insider on the paper said it would be “business as usual” for the columnist. Previously, a Mail spokesman had insisted: “We are looking forward to her next brilliant column in the Mail.” | An insider on the paper said it would be “business as usual” for the columnist. Previously, a Mail spokesman had insisted: “We are looking forward to her next brilliant column in the Mail.” |
Vine’s column is likely to be forensically examined in the wake of Gove’s exit from the Tory leadership race, with May now installed as party leader and prime minister. | Vine’s column is likely to be forensically examined in the wake of Gove’s exit from the Tory leadership race, with May now installed as party leader and prime minister. |
In earlier columns, with the race still wide open, Vine had used the first-person plural “we” to discuss leading the country in the wake of the EU vote. | In earlier columns, with the race still wide open, Vine had used the first-person plural “we” to discuss leading the country in the wake of the EU vote. |
Her decision not to write a column in the weeks that followed is understood to relate to the exceptional circumstances in which her husband found himself. | Her decision not to write a column in the weeks that followed is understood to relate to the exceptional circumstances in which her husband found himself. |
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