Are you sitting comfortably ?
Gove had said repeatedly, and ad nauseum, that he didn't want the job, didn't have the skills needed for the job, and was completely incapable of doing the job.....ie.. he was the wrong chap for the job.
Boris on the other hand had said completely the opposite, ad nauseum !
On the evening of Wednesday 29th of June, they both attended a function, to celebrate BREXIT and were seen by a multitude appearing to be awfully friendly with each other....arms around shoulders, deep throat kissing, etc
( I made up the bit about the kissing )
In the meantime, Mrs Gove had sent an email warning her husband
" You MUST have SPECIFIC assurances from Boris OTHERWISE you cannot guarantee your support........Do not concede any ground. Be your stubborn best."
This email mysteriously got into the hands of a member of the public, who considered it their duty to leak it to every newspaper in the galaxy.
Gove suddenly retracted everything he had ever said ::
One....about Boris ( being nice)
Two....about his own unsuitability for the job in hand.
Later on that morning, Boris said that he didn't want the job after all, and withdrew from the contest ( whaa, whaa )
Gove then announced that Boris was a *** and that he himself would stand himself instead.
Just an everyday story of Westminster folk really !