Author(s):
Henry Farrell
Publication Date:
July 1, 2016
Publication Type:
Other Writing
American commentators are comparing the recent extraordinary turn in the fight for leadership of Britain’s Conservative party to an episode of “House of Cards.” Michael Gove, the mild-mannered politician who has just stabbed Boris Johnson in the back, is depicted as a close analogue to Frank Underwood, the scheming president in “House of Cards,” while Gove’s wife, the columnist Sarah Vine, is said to resemble Underwood’s Machiavellian wife Claire.
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This article by Henry Farrell originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on July 02, 2016 at 02:18AM
