EXCLUSIVE: Former cabinet minister Michael Gove said if he were to get the Lettuce Liz Truss treatment, he would prefer to be mocked up as another salad item View 4 Images Michael Gove reckons he's 'cool as a cucumber'

Michael Gove reckons the Daily Star would have mocked him up as a cucumber if he’d become Prime Minister – because he’s a “cool” Conservative. ‌

The scandal-dogged ex-Education Secretary, who twice failed to land the top job at No10, told us about his salad ambition at the Tory party conference in Manchester. ‌

His comments come after Liz Truss’s tenure in 10 Downing Street ended after 49 days and was famously outlasted at the end by our lettuce. ‌

Michael said: “I’d have been a cucumber, because I’d have been cool and calm under pressure.”

Last week,

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