Gove blast: I did not stab Boris!

MICHAEL Gove has denied that he stabbed Boris Johnson in the back after the EU referendum and betrayed his friend David Cameron by backing Brexit.

Mr Gove ( above), abandoned the now-Foreign Secretary’s leadership campaign to run himself.

Mr Gove admitted to making mistakes but denied accusations of treachery and said Mr Johnson was “formidably talented”.

He said in an interview: “I wouldn’t say I stabbed him in the back but I certainly came to the judgment in the immediate aftermath of the referendum campaign that while I initially thought that Boris was the right person to be prime minister, I didn’t think for a variety of reasons he was the right person to be prime minister at that point.”

He also denied betraying Mr Cameron by campaigning for Leave, in opposition to the former PM.

He added: “I reject the idea of betrayal, disagreement certainly.” THERE are more living organisms in a teaspoon of soil than there are people on Earth. RUSSIANS will definitely have something to cheer at the next World Cup after Suzy Cortez stripped off to promote their mascot.

Suzy, 27, who won the 2015 Miss BumBum title, posed for the steamy photoshoot to publicise the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The chosen mascot is Zabivaka the cheeky wolf (left), whose name means ‘the one who scores’ in Russian.

She wore just the Russian football shirt and a pair of skimpy gold bikini bottoms, but as our main picture shows, she’s game to get all her kit off! to