Cerebral Gove bids to be next British prime minister

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Leading Brexit campaigner Michael Gove's bid to replace David Cameron as British prime minister came as a complete shock on Thursday after the cerebral justice secretary had given every sign he would back the flamboyant Boris Johnson for the job. Gove and Johnson, the former London mayor and platinum-haired showman long considered the front-runner to succeed Cameron, had campaigned side-by-side on the "Vote Leave" battle bus in the run-up to Britain's June 2