Michael Gove's Twitter account likes picture of porn before it's swiftly deleted

Michael Gove's Twitter account liked a picture of porn today.

On the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's social media page, which has 186,000 followers, it appeared to 'like' an image of pornography.

The like has since been deleted from the MP for Surrey Heath's account.

The image was a gif of a woman performing a sexual act, along with the words so hott!!!

The activity was flagged up on social media. One person tweeted: "Nice # #michaelgove #goveporn #oops".

Another said: "cannot believe michael gove has liked a graphic porn gif on here this is the best day ever."

A third remarked: "This is fantastic, we love you Gove," another amused person tweeted. "Thank you for this, its made my day so much better than it already was."

Mirror Online has approached Mr Gove for a comment.

Earlier this week, the cabinet office minister was trying to defend Dominic Cummings, who claimed to have made a 60-mile round trip from Durham to Barnard Castle to make sure he was fit to drive.

Mr Gove insisted he, like Boris Johnson's aide Dominic Cummings, had got behind the wheel to see if his eyes were good enough for a long journey.

Mr Cummings prompted incredulity when he tried to explain a 60-mile round trip to a beauty spot by saying he wanted to test his eyesight before a 260-mile journey from Durham to London.

But Mr Gove, who as Education Secretary from 2010 was Mr Cummings' boss, suggested he too had taken the unusual step of testing his eyesight through driving.

Asked on LBC if he would have gone "on a 60-mile round trip to test your eyesight?", Mr Gove replied: "I have, on occasions in the past, driven with my wife in order to make sure, what's the right way of putting it … ?"

Mr Gove later admitted the point he was "seeking to make" was that he was "not an authority on driving" as "someone who took seven attempts to pass their driving test”.

He added: “I'm not going to pass judgement on other people's driving."

Mr Gove, a long-term ally of Cummings, said he did not break the letter of the government's  coronavirus  lockdown guidelines and was simply trying to look after his wife and 4-year-old son.

Mr Gove said he only found out that Mr Cummings had travelled to Durham when the story was revealed through the media.

Further defending the senior Government aide, Mr Gove said: "People can then form their own judgment about whether or not what they thought he did was wise. My own view is that it is entirely reasonable.

"The allegation from some was he was heedlessly and recklessly putting other people in danger, I think if we look at the whole story we can see that was not the case."