You mentioned Michael Gove as an ex Fidonet sysop and candidate to take Theresa May's position. I entered "Michael Gove" in Pavel Gulchouck's nodelist lookup and found nothing. Then I entered just "Gove" and this is the result:
2:257/173 Mike Gove from Crawley UK 1988.09.09 - 1988.09.09 2:257/10 Mike Gove from Crawley UK 1988.09.09 - 1988.09.09 2:257/0 Mike Gove from Crawley UK 1989.06.16 - 1989.06.16 2:252/10 Mike Gove from Crawley UK 1989.06.16 - 1994.01.14 1:102/864 Steve Gove from Los Angeles CA 1990.01.26 - 1990.01.26 1:397/50 Steve T Gove from McAllen TX 1991.05.24 - 1992.02.14 1:3800/50 Steve Gove from Baton Rouge LA 1992.02.28 - 1992.05.22 1:151/199 Steve T Gove from Raleigh NC 1992.06.12 - 1992.10.02 1:109/616 Steve T Gove from Falls Church VA 1992.10.16 - 1993.03.26 2:259/45 Jim Gove from Kintore UK 1993.01.29 - 2001.06.29 1:106/6 Steve T Gove from Houston TX 1993.02.19 - 1999.10.22 2:444/100 Mike Gove from Bristol 1993.11.19 - 1994.02.25 2:255/100 Mike Gove from Bristol 1994.02.11 - 1996.03.22 2:253/505 Mike Gove from Bristol 1994.06.10 - 1994.07.22
So who is it? My guess is the one from Crawley UK. The one from Bristol is the same or someone with the same name?