Gove, who as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is in charge of no-deal planning, said "the Prime Minister's determination is absolute" and the government's "determined policy" was to meet that deadline.
Boris Johnson, the former foreign minister and leading Brexit campaigner, ran away with the first round of voting last week, winning the support of 114 MPs -- more than twice the number of votes won by his nearest challengers.
Beyond the sniper attacks at the personal level must lie what they call the “deal-making” in the corridors and backrooms of Westminster.
Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt was a distant second with 43 votes.
