Michael Gove slammed for comparing himself to Ku Klux Klan leader while making Black Lives Matter speech

MICHAEL Gove was in hot water last night after cracking a joke about the Ku Klux Klan and Black Lives Matter at a legal dinner.

The former Justice Secretary - who was sacked by new PM Theresa May - was slammed for telling a hostile crowd of lawyers: “I feel rather like the grand wizard of the KKK giving an address to the AGM of Black Lives Matter.”

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Eyewitness claim his comment went down badly in the room.

Mr Gove was speaking at the annual conference of the Society of Legal Scholars.

Last night they said: “In the course of his speech, aware that his academic audience might be largely hostile given his position on Brexit, Mr Gove drew an analogy.

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“The Society wishes to distance itself clearly and unequivocally from this comment and sincerely regrets that it was made and caused offence.”

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Former Justice Secretary Gove was sacked by new PM Theresa May following the fallout from the Brexit vote.

Mr Gove declined to comment.