MICHAEL Gove, I would surmise, is an admirer of Gilbert and Sullivan. At the very least, he frequently divines a source of innocent merriment from partisan combat in the Commons. However, let us turn aside from The Mikado and consider Iolanthe. There, we are told in satirical song that the House of Lords “did nothing in particular and did it very well”, during a crisis. In Glasgow this week, Mr Gove seemed to be following that model. Asked repeatedly by the media about indyref2, the Minister for Saving the Union essayed so many shimmies and sidesteps one would have thought he was auditioning for Strictly.