When Save EMA saw this video live last night it almost made us fall out of our chairs in disbelief. Mr Gove is advocating for why a Mosque should not be built in his constituency and there are some legitimate concerns as the school has been there since the Victorian era; but he goes further to suggest that because it is also being built near to the Royal Military Academy meaning there are “other sorts of reasons” for why it should not be built and leaves it up to the imaginations of those watching for what they might be. Despite others having called the raising of the issue of vicinity of the Mosque next to the RMA Sandhurst to be pure “scaremongering”, Mr Gove doesn’t think to choose his words more wisely.

This is the bloke responsible for education in our country and if he is blind to how such a statement could cause offence to the over 200 Muslim soldiers in the army of our country, then one has to wonder about his ability and his judgement as a Secretary of State…

For Save EMA, this is not about whether or not a Mosque should be built at this location, as frankly we don’t care, but what does concern us is if the Secretary of State for Education is really the best man for the job, when he says things which could cause such offence. The rest of the people interviewed put forward more unquestionable and reasonable and less offensive arguments than their local MP and our Secretary of State for Education. Something just is not right about that…

if you don’t believe us you can watch the rest of the interviews here.

So what are his “other reasons”?