Author(s): Henry FarrellPublication Date: July 1, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingAmerican commentators are comparing the recent extraordinary turn in the fight for leadership of Britain’s Conservative party to an episode of “House of Cards.” Michael Gove, the mild-mannered politician who has just stabbed Boris Johnson in the back, is depicted as a close analogue to Frank Underwood, the scheming president in “House of Cards,” while Gove’s wife, the columnist Sarah Vine, is said to resemble Underwood’s Machiavellian wife Claire.