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Michael Gove and the charged child abuser.

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ColadhSamh · 11/10/2026 09:21

He broke up with her 6 days after she was charged!!!

Sorry did post screenshots but they have not appeared.
Dr. Lola Salem, Oxford professer was CHARGED with possession of CHILD ABUSE images of young children

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PacificDinner · 11/10/2026 09:43

All your link tells us is that he dated an Oxford professor for a couple of years, and now he is not.

Notmycircusnotmyotter · 11/10/2026 09:44

We don't blame women when the men turn out to be wrong 'uns.

We shouldn't forget that just because Gove was Tory politician.

BIossomtoes · 11/10/2026 09:50

I’m not opening a Daily Mail link.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 11/10/2026 09:51

PacificDinner · 11/10/2026 09:43

All your link tells us is that he dated an Oxford professor for a couple of years, and now he is not.

I wondered what I was missing. A quick search turns up a few sites mentioning this but a click on them reveals no details at all. The DM appears to have deleted an article about it, as well.

Vitrolinsanity · 11/10/2026 09:53

I don’t understand. She’s been charged with child offences and your concern is when he ended the relationship?

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 11/10/2026 09:54

Vitrolinsanity · 11/10/2026 09:53

I don’t understand. She’s been charged with child offences and your concern is when he ended the relationship?

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I think the hint is guilt by association.

ColadhSamh · 11/10/2026 10:04

PacificDinner · 11/10/2026 09:43

All your link tells us is that he dated an Oxford professor for a couple of years, and now he is not.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lola+salem+daily+mail&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAjGCcY6gIyDwgCEC4YJxjHARjqAhjRAzIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAYQIxgnGOoCMgkIBxAjGCcY6gLSAQ00MzY4NTExODlqMGo3qAIIsAIB8QVmBWaOtXK0UA&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8

Seems like it has been removed but links are still there.

Further references on Twitter with a screenshot of the Daily Mail article
https://x.com/search?q=michael%20gove&src=typed_query

Before you continue to Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAjGCcY6gIyDwgCEC4YJxjHARjqAhjRAzIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAYQIxgnGOoCMgkIBxAjGCcY6gLSAQ00MzY4NTExODlqMGo3qAIIsAIB8QVmBWaOtXK0UA&ie=UTF-8&oq=&q=lola+salem+daily+mail&source=chrome.ob&sourceid=chrome

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Vitrolinsanity · 11/10/2026 10:05

Ah, I see.

So, the OP thinks Gove must have been in on it not that, what I’d bet is the situation of partners of child abusers, that they are completely blindsided and initially unable to comprehend that someone they thought they knew is actually someone they didn’t.

Applesaid · 11/10/2026 10:08

I really don’t like Gove for a whole host of reasons but for once I think he deserves some grace. We don’t know when he found out the full information and he was probably in shock and needed a couple of days to process the information.

BIossomtoes · 11/10/2026 10:10

I don’t like him either but this is just a ridiculous attempt to smear him.

ETA I hope he sues.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 11/10/2026 10:10

If it has been removed then that's probably for good sound legal reasons.

But you carry on with your muckraking.

Vitrolinsanity · 11/10/2026 10:12

Come on OP. Show yourself. Are you saying Gove was in on it. Knew about it. Had half an inkling about it. Is himself therefore a child abuser or child abuser apologist?

PacificDinner · 11/10/2026 10:14

I can’t get any of your links to work, and I am not on X.

Teado · 11/10/2026 10:29

In fairness, I reckon he was blindsided by this. The political rumour mill has never linked Gove to under-18s.

But it’s been claimed that Lola was a beard (likewise, his ex wife). So, if those bearding rumours are true, it’s possible that she was secretly using the arrangement to cover her sickening behaviour (assuming she’s not innocent of these charges, of course, although the evidence is probably pretty damning).

To be clear, I don’t care about sexual orientation and I don’t believe that public figures should have to publicise it - that’s between the adult parties involved. My point is that any agreement might have suited both of them for very different reasons if she’s guilty.

jane631 · 11/10/2026 13:30

Not sure this story is accurate.

Additup · 11/10/2026 14:29

The most surprising thing about this is that Gove was in a relationship with a woman.

murasaki · 11/10/2026 14:32

I dislike Gove as much as the next person. But this is unpleasant. A worse thing, and rightly judgable, would be if he'd stayed with her like India Knight did with Eric Joyce. He didn't.

Jamsin · 11/10/2026 14:54

How is it that the articles are being shut down? Surely she doesn’t have that kind of clout, although I imagine it’s possible he does.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 11/10/2026 14:54

charged child abuser.

That should be 'alleged child abuser,' OP. Unless she's been tried and found guilty. You wouldn't want to interfere in an ongoing legal process, would you now?

PacificDinner · 11/10/2026 15:08

This just seems to be innuendo to stir up ugly rumours.

BIossomtoes · 11/10/2026 17:41

Jamsin · 11/10/2026 14:54

How is it that the articles are being shut down? Surely she doesn’t have that kind of clout, although I imagine it’s possible he does.

Maybe they’re not true.

HoppityBun · 11/10/2026 17:44

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 11/10/2026 09:54

I think the hint is guilt by association.

Surely she’s only been charged, not convicted. If I was going out with someone who was found to have indecent images, I’d drop them, too. And how very much quicker a politician would have to act

Greenseawitch · 11/10/2026 18:59

Very odd that articles are disappearing.

No one should be above the law.

Shloopie · 11/10/2026 19:02

For some reason I thought he came out when he divorced Sarah Vine.

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