Sarah Vine
| Sarah Vine | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1967 (age 49–50) Wales, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Columnist for the Daily Mail |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Gove (m. 2001) |
| Children | 2 |
Sarah Rosemary Vine (born April 1967,Swansea) is a British journalist, formerly for The Times, and wife of the politician Michael Gove (the former Secretary of State for Justice and also a former Times columnist). She is believed to be influential in steering her husband's political career.
In 2013, Vine became a columnist for the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail. Her detailed accounts of her personal life have been controversial, with Private Eye satirising her as "Sarah Vain" as a result. Her frank accounts of her personal issues of weight gain, hair loss and the menopause have won her plaudits for their honesty.
In March 2014, Vine and Gove's decision to send their daughter Beatrice to Grey Coat Hospital comprehensive school in Westminster made headlines as it marked the first time a Conservative Party education secretary had chosen the state over the private sector for their child's secondary schooling. In her column for the Daily Mail, Vine celebrated the "miracle" of state education and has criticised private education, saying "Its agenda is a fundamentally selective one, based not only on ability to pay, but also on pupil potential. And it is also, let's face it, about snobbery".
Vine further said that her decision to send her daughter to a state secondary school was motivated by a desire for her child to receive a broad education: "that you shouldn't judge people by their clothes, or where they live, but by who they really are. That, in my view, is the miracle of our state education system. Like the NHS, it welcomes all-comers. The state doesn't care where its pupils come from; all that matters is where they're heading." Vine herself attended a number of schools before Lewes Technical College, which she said "squeezed three A-levels out of me". She then attended University College London.
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