For absolute precision - and I think with quotes like that, which are almost apocryphal, it's *critical* to check them against source - what Gove said was: "I think the people in this country have had enough of experts from organisations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong." Of course the se…
For absolute precision - and I think with quotes like that, which are almost apocryphal, it's *critical* to check them against source - what Gove said was: "I think the people in this country have had enough of experts from organisations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong." Of course the second half of the quote gets chopped off all the time because it's a bit wordy, but it lends precision. (Gove is surprisingly precise in what he says, for an ex-journalist.) He was referring I think to the IMF in particular, which had been quoted at him in the question.
For absolute precision - and I think with quotes like that, which are almost apocryphal, it's *critical* to check them against source - what Gove said was: "I think the people in this country have had enough of experts from organisations with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong." Of course the second half of the quote gets chopped off all the time because it's a bit wordy, but it lends precision. (Gove is surprisingly precise in what he says, for an ex-journalist.) He was referring I think to the IMF in particular, which had been quoted at him in the question.