Farming is a fresh field for Michael Gove's slash and burn politics

The new environment secretary will need every bit of his famed intellect to come up with a post-Brexit replacement for the Common Agricultural Policy If Michael Gove brings the same zeal to bear in his new post as environment secretary as he exercised on schools and prisons, some of Britain’s farmers may be in for a shock.Even before he gatecrashed last year’s Tory leadership contest, knocking his supposed friend Boris Johnson out of the race, Gove was a deeply controversial figure.