Gove’s admiration of Gramsci, as quoted in the Daily Mail, is this:
‘I don’t look at the world that way. I think the things we need to protect and enhance – a love of literature, pride in our history, scientific curiosity, beautiful written English, innovative and creative mathematical thinking, joy in discovery, colleges and universities, liberal learning and openness to the world, female emancipation and social mobility – are all better protected if we make them as universal as possible.
‘And I suspect that even if not every Conservative agrees with me, Jade Goody and Antonio Gramsci would.’
If Gove has read Gramsci, he has not read much of him.