article_snippet: He had been 'played as a fool' by Mr Hague and Mr Gove, who had failed to tell He that they planned to spring the move. '
article_snippet: I have been played as a fool and when I go home
article_snippet: tonight I will look in the mirror and see an honourable fool looking back at me
article_snippet: and I would much rather be an honourable fool in this and any other matter than a clever man,' the MP said.
article_snippet: Tory MP Michael Fabricant has been branded a 'silly man' and Guy Opperman likened to a 'perspiring postman'.