“Yes, cocaine,” he replied, according to someone described as having “intimate knowledge of the event”. “Obviously it will be for my colleagues in parliament and members of the Conservative party to decide now if I should be leader. The best guess of Gove supporters was that someone working for a rival might have spoken to Bennett about Gove’s initial confession in 2015. Raab’s team said: “This did not come from anyone involved in the Raab campaign. We have nothing but admiration for Michael Gove and all he has achieved as a minister.”

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2019 16:05 UTC