'I set trends dem man copy': Michael Gove mocks Stormzy Labour support

[Denzil_DC]

2. To be clear, "I set trends, dem man copy" (note comma) is a quote from Stormzy's rap on "Shut Up".

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/33710135/Stormzy/Shut+Up

Gove appropriating it as a glib putdown of Stormzy (who's earned my admiration even as someone who's not usually into his genre of music) is what's raised eyebrows all round.

It's a dogwhistle to his base along the lines of "Howdedoderehoneywheredaladiesat?", while sounding fake, sour and jarring to just about anyone else with a brain, soul and vestige of social conscience.

I'd pit Stormzy's political analysis against Gove's shiftiness any day of the week, and I'd gladly give a relatively vital organ to see them do it live onstage.