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Michael Gove, using history for politicking is tawdry | Tristram Hunt

by Tristram Hunt

The British left supported the 1914-18 conflict " which was far more complex in its origins than the education secretary's simplistic assertions admitTwo days after Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, published a beautiful essay calling for this year's First World War commemorations to "honour those who died" and "celebrate the peace we now share", Michael Gove has delivered the government's response. In an essay …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:05pm on January 4, 2014