Gove defends Johnson over pro-EU newspaper column

The UK's former justice secretary Michael Gove has leapt to the defence of Boris Johnson after the emergence of a previously unseen newspaper column in which British Foreign Secretary Johnson backed staying in the European Union.

Gove (pictured), who Johnson apparently "wanted to punch" for effectively torpedoing his chances of becoming prime minister, insisted his Leave campaign ally acted on his "deep beliefs" when he decided to support Brexit.