Jeremy Hunt Is A 'Fantastic Dancer', Michael Gove Reveals

Posted: 30/04/2012 10:42 Updated: 30/04/2012 10:42

If Jeremy Hunt finds himself out of a job by the end of the week, it appears he does have one surprising skill he can fall back on.

According to Michael Gove, the culture secretary is a "fantastic dancer" and is a particularly superb Latin American dancer.

"His Lambada is something amazing, he also has a sprung dance floor in his house in London to enable him to practice," the education secretary told BBC Radio 4 on Sunday night.

"If you ever want anyone to liven up your party by cutting the rug with dash and distinction, then Jeremy's the one to invite."

The culture secretary is of course not the only politician to be a keen dancer. Business secretary Vince Cable has a passion for the foxtrot, a skill he showed off on a Christmas edition of Strictly Come Dancing in 2010.

While former shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe gained fame outside the Westminster bubble in the same year when she took part in the show.

And of course who could forget then business secretary Peter Mandelson's "quite sensual" turn on a Blackpool dance floor in the run-up to the 2010 general election.

Asked recently whether he had ever imitated the prime minister played by Hugh Grant in the romantic comedy Love Actually and danced around No.10, David Cameron said he had "never danced in the state rooms in Downing Street".

However he said what he got up to in the flat he shares with his family above No.11 Downing Street was "private".

Take a look at some of our more twinkle-toed parliamentarians below:

Vince Cable and Erin Boag - Foxtrot - Strictly Christmas Special 2010
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Vince Cable trod the floorboards on Strictly Come Dancing for its Christmas special when he danced the Foxtrot.

Sadly, he didn't win. The LibDem Business Secretary got to second place.
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If Jeremy Hunt finds himself out of a job by the end of the week, it appears he does have one surprising skill he can fall back on. According to Michael Gove, the culture secretary is a "fantastic ...
If Jeremy Hunt finds himself out of a job by the end of the week, it appears he does have one surprising skill he can fall back on. According to Michael Gove, the culture secretary is a "fantastic ...
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11:01 AM on 05/04/2012
A pitty Pumkin head Cameron was not in the photo with the other two,we could of ended up with
The bad the Realy bad and the Realy ugly,or the three Liars for short
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George McAulay
Delighted to meet you
02:19 AM on 05/04/2012
He's fantastic at dancing around the truth.
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MamaJoe
Age is a high price to pay for maturity.
11:37 PM on 05/03/2012
Oh well, being a fantastic dancer, that excuses him from everything then. Not guilty, next case.
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britalia56
07:26 PM on 05/02/2012
makes you proud, to be british looking at these goons eh!
10:09 AM on 05/01/2012
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Slime and Grime.
10:27 PM on 04/30/2012
You mean he's a ballet liar, or is that tutu extreme?
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velvetundergroundfan
06:57 PM on 04/30/2012
Hunt is certainly slippery and evasive.

Hunt briefed James Murdoch and Rebakah Brooks and represented their views at all times.
Jeremy Hunt visited News Corp in US as Murdochs considered BSkyB bid

James Murdoch told David Cameron News Corp would support Tories soon after Hunt's US trip in 2009, documents reveal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/25/jeremy-hunt-news-corp-bskyb

Tories did deal with Murdoch over BBC licence fee The Conservative party abandoned plans to share money from the BBC's licence fee with other broadcasters. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8657058/Tories-did-deal-with-Murdoch-over-BBC-licence-fee.html
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05:48 PM on 04/30/2012
Why is it all the countries that are fantastic at dancing unfortunatly also have a bad crime problem as well?
01:53 PM on 04/30/2012
what a lot of gaggle from govey====
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mmartini54
Roll on 2015!
01:11 PM on 04/30/2012
So he has a "sprung dancefloor" in his house to help him practise. Well, la-di-dah, how nice. Hopefully he'll be getting lots of practise in soon.
01:04 PM on 04/30/2012
Don't you mean "fantastic chancer" ?
11:53 AM on 04/30/2012
Two heads without an intellegent idea! Great Photo!