The secretary said he believed the prime minister “did a good job” after more than 40% of Tory lawmakers called on him to resign. Anger over Johnson has spread across the party in recent months, with supporters and ministers frustrated by a series of government-sponsored scandals, culminating in the Partygate saga. However, many are also frustrated for political reasons and believe that Johnson is not using his 80-member majority in the House of Commons to pursue conservative policies and lower taxes. Cabinet ministers have rallied around Johnson. Asked if he trusted the prime minister, Gove told Sky News: “With enthusiasm, yes.” Six years after betraying Johnson by abandoning his plans to lead his leadership campaign and instead starting his own in the 2016 race that followed when David Cameron resigned after the Brexit referendum, Gove admitted on Thursday that he made a mistake”. He told Sky News: “If you’ve been in politics for a while, like I was, then there are always mistakes you can refer to. “But I think the prime minister is doing a good job.” Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7 p.m. BST Asked if he would run against Johnson as a possible new leader, Gove said emphatically: “My God, no.” Gove said people should move on after Monday’s embarrassing result for Johnson – when a larger percentage of Tory lawmakers asked him to resign than Theresa May in 2018. He added: “I can understand why some of my fellow Members have concerns and I think it is important over the next two years to show that the government is focused on providing for people all over the UK.” Gove has previously called on revolutionary colleagues to “focus on the priorities of the people” and called on them to “carry out what we have been elected to offer – balancing, reducing crime, securing the benefits of Brexit and improving public services”. Johnson was optimistic about his political future earlier this week, insisting that his prime ministership had “just begun” and claimed that he had “gathered political opponents everywhere” because the government had achieved “some very big and very remarkable things”. “Nothing and no one is going to stop us from continuing the tradition for the British people,” he said during questions. Boris Johnson says “nothing and no one” will prevent him from continuing as prime minister – video Gove ran for Conservative leadership against Johnson again in 2019 and reached the penultimate round – narrowly defeated in the second round by Jeremy Hunt. He singled out the competition from Sajid Javid, Rory Stewart, Dominic Raab, Matt Hancock, Andrea Leadsom, Mark Harper and Esther McVey. When Johnson won the No. 10 key, Gove took over as cabinet minister before becoming secretary in September 2021. Gove and his wife of 20 years, columnist Sarah Wayne, announced last summer that they divorced after “divorcing”.