The problem with making predictions is that smart-arse bloggers take note and go back and check them 12 months later and mock them when they don't come true so credit to Psychic Nikki for publishing her predictions and to hell with those irritatingly smug British bloggers.
Reviewing Canadian Psychic Nikki's top 20 predictions for 2017 she does receive a smiley gold star for predicting a terror attack in Stockholm, Sweden but the other 19 were a bit off.
No kidnapping around the Trump family
The moon did not turn green
Leaning tower of Piza didn't collapse
Cuba never become the 51st US State
No fire at the Houses of Parliament
No explosion with many deaths on Wall Street
A meteor didn't hit San Francisco
No member of the Royal Family was kidnapped
A robot never broke into the White House
Iran and the US never attacked each other
The Golden Gate Bridge wasn't destroyed
UFO never landed at Lake Erie
No bomb blast at Buckingham Palace
Squirrels did not attack people worldwide
A beloved male singer didn't turn out to be a woman
No change in the British Monarchy
No bomb blast at 10 Downing Street
A plane did not fly into the Eiffel Tower
Kim Jong Un never vanished
1 out of 20 is not great but Nikki is an audient clairvoyant meaning she 'hears' things so we could put it down to her having a build up of wax that day so hopefully she can cram an earbud in her ear beforehand this time and do rather better with the 2018 predictions.
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Friday, 29 December 2017
Bono And Girly Music
'I think music has gotten very girly' Bono has announced in an interview with Rolling Stone and if we set aside the use of the expression of contempt for girly things, the U2 front man has reached the same conclusion i have been spouting since the turn of the century.
Not that i was much of a fan of U2, when they were calling themselves a 'Rock Band' in the late 80s and early 90s we had the likes of Guns 'n' Roses and Nirvana angrily self-imploding all over the place like proper rock bands so U2 always felt like Rock wannabe's rather than a real Rock band.
I'm sure he doesn't worry what i think as he counts his tax free riches from his Lithuanian Shopping Centre but as his band cluttered up the charts with more than their fair share of 'girly' ballads, it seems a bit rich for him to now moan about other bands doing the same but if we ignore all that, he is right but it isn't just the music but the musicians.
Today's musicians wouldn't emulate the bands back in the day by trashing a hotel room and nobody of my generation is as appalled by Rhianna or Ed Sheeran who seem safe and very nice people, but they are not making angry music full of spiky social commentary.
The youth of today have so much more than we had to kick out at back in my teenage years, today there are wars, austerity, cuts, youth unemployment, police harassment, university fees, Brexit, the rise of the right and inept politicians which should be driving the backlash, but we get nothing.
The ballad singing acts polluting the charts today my smell better and are more likely to hoover a hotel room rather than wreck it but that doesn't compare to the times when music was deafening, the musicians were always drunk and mostly high but always entertaining.
Not that i was much of a fan of U2, when they were calling themselves a 'Rock Band' in the late 80s and early 90s we had the likes of Guns 'n' Roses and Nirvana angrily self-imploding all over the place like proper rock bands so U2 always felt like Rock wannabe's rather than a real Rock band.
I'm sure he doesn't worry what i think as he counts his tax free riches from his Lithuanian Shopping Centre but as his band cluttered up the charts with more than their fair share of 'girly' ballads, it seems a bit rich for him to now moan about other bands doing the same but if we ignore all that, he is right but it isn't just the music but the musicians.
Today's musicians wouldn't emulate the bands back in the day by trashing a hotel room and nobody of my generation is as appalled by Rhianna or Ed Sheeran who seem safe and very nice people, but they are not making angry music full of spiky social commentary.
The youth of today have so much more than we had to kick out at back in my teenage years, today there are wars, austerity, cuts, youth unemployment, police harassment, university fees, Brexit, the rise of the right and inept politicians which should be driving the backlash, but we get nothing.
The ballad singing acts polluting the charts today my smell better and are more likely to hoover a hotel room rather than wreck it but that doesn't compare to the times when music was deafening, the musicians were always drunk and mostly high but always entertaining.
Lucky Waving Cat
The Lucky Waving Cat, or maneki-neko as its called, is Japanese and is a lucky charm which is believed to bring good luck to the owner and some say it isn't waving but actually beckoning while others say it is washing his face which is considered lucky.
The legend i was told behind the cat is that a down on his luck Japanese shop-owner took in a starving, stray cat despite barely having enough to feed himself. In gratitude, the cat sat in the front of the store washing his face (therefore not waving as such) and looking damn cute which bought in customers, thus bringing prosperity as a reward to the kind shop owner.
There are some rules for buying your Lucky Waving Cat (or face washing/beckoning cat) though.
A cat with it's left paw raised is for business and the right paw for the home and you should choose the colour of the cat depending on the area you wish to receive your good luck.
Natural: Considered to be the luckiest
White: Happiness, purity, and positive things to come
Gold: Wealth and prosperity
Black: Wards off evil spirits
Red: Success in love and relationships
Green: Good health
Most of the cats are holding a fish, usually a carp which symbolizes an abundance of good fortune but you can get some holding coins, or a gem for wealth.
Thursday, 28 December 2017
CoE Kicks Out At Right Wingers
Being a saviour isn't very well paid so if Jesus was alive today i would expect he would have to put his carpentry skills to use and knock out a few bedside cabinets between miracles but almost certainly he would be a leftie.
For some reason it is the political right who have adopted the beardy one and his dad for their side which is a bit puzzling because what i know about the two of them is that they wouldn't touch the right with a 10ft pole, a view echoed today by a senior Church of England Bishop who said that a right wing view doesn't relate to Christian beliefs.
After the Catholic Pope stuck the boot into Donald Trump as not being very Christian, the Church of England Bishop of Liverpool, Paul Bayes, has stuck it to Trump supporters for standing quietly by their man while he contradicts God’s teaching to protect the poor and the weak.
Without doubt Jesus would be part of the crowd jeering against the likes of Donald Trump and the rabid hate spreading religious right but ironically, the ones who are most opposite the things Jesus stood for are the ones trying to suck up to him and the ones who Jesus and his dad would try their hardest to keep the other side of the Pearly Gates.
Not sure how the Christians feel about being told by the Catholics and the Church of England that they are not very Christian but from where i am sitting, the fact that they announce that they believe in a make believe man in the clouds doesn't point to them being the sharpest knives in the drawer in the first place.
For some reason it is the political right who have adopted the beardy one and his dad for their side which is a bit puzzling because what i know about the two of them is that they wouldn't touch the right with a 10ft pole, a view echoed today by a senior Church of England Bishop who said that a right wing view doesn't relate to Christian beliefs.
After the Catholic Pope stuck the boot into Donald Trump as not being very Christian, the Church of England Bishop of Liverpool, Paul Bayes, has stuck it to Trump supporters for standing quietly by their man while he contradicts God’s teaching to protect the poor and the weak.
Without doubt Jesus would be part of the crowd jeering against the likes of Donald Trump and the rabid hate spreading religious right but ironically, the ones who are most opposite the things Jesus stood for are the ones trying to suck up to him and the ones who Jesus and his dad would try their hardest to keep the other side of the Pearly Gates.
Not sure how the Christians feel about being told by the Catholics and the Church of England that they are not very Christian but from where i am sitting, the fact that they announce that they believe in a make believe man in the clouds doesn't point to them being the sharpest knives in the drawer in the first place.
Wednesday, 27 December 2017
2018 Same As 2017
We could go through the pretence of trying to work out who has been the biggest bell-end of the year but we all know Donald Trump is going to win it on almost everybodies list, i have already seen or read him receive three 'dick of the years' so seems a bit pointless really.
In truth, the tiny handed, orange faced sex pest is deserving of every brick-bat that falls on his strangely coiffured head but i would say the American's that still support him even after all his dick-headery are just as bad if not worse, he seems unable to help himself being the World's biggest tosser, they see him doing it and still cheer him so the lot of them are bell-ends.
If we remove one fat serial molester of women from the contest then we still have another in the shape of Harvey Weinstein who faces over 50 sexual harassment, assault and rape allegations against him.
In the UK the list of Conservative politician losers is a long one from Theresa May and her lurching from one disaster to another to Boris Johnson who hasn't lost that knack of everything he touches turning to shit and the sticky keyboard of Damian Green and his sacking following lying about the stash of porn found on his work computer.
Kim Jung Un was, is still, and will always be a knob as will Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and the Saudi's who are not content with killing innocent Yemen civilians, now want to do the same thing in Iran also.
In all 2017 has been the year of the dickhead and we do seem to have more than our fair share of idiot leaders at the moment with idiot policies and making idiot decisions and it is disheartening to consider that most of them will still be in place through next year so 2018 should be just as deplorable as 2017 has been.
In truth, the tiny handed, orange faced sex pest is deserving of every brick-bat that falls on his strangely coiffured head but i would say the American's that still support him even after all his dick-headery are just as bad if not worse, he seems unable to help himself being the World's biggest tosser, they see him doing it and still cheer him so the lot of them are bell-ends.
If we remove one fat serial molester of women from the contest then we still have another in the shape of Harvey Weinstein who faces over 50 sexual harassment, assault and rape allegations against him.
In the UK the list of Conservative politician losers is a long one from Theresa May and her lurching from one disaster to another to Boris Johnson who hasn't lost that knack of everything he touches turning to shit and the sticky keyboard of Damian Green and his sacking following lying about the stash of porn found on his work computer.
Kim Jung Un was, is still, and will always be a knob as will Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and the Saudi's who are not content with killing innocent Yemen civilians, now want to do the same thing in Iran also.
In all 2017 has been the year of the dickhead and we do seem to have more than our fair share of idiot leaders at the moment with idiot policies and making idiot decisions and it is disheartening to consider that most of them will still be in place through next year so 2018 should be just as deplorable as 2017 has been.
Sunday, 24 December 2017
Factually Wrong Christmas Carol Lyrics
Welcome to the Christmas Eve midnight sermon with me, the Right Reverend Lucy. As we celebrate the birth of that child 2017 years ago in Bethlehem, let's take a moment to celebrate this miracle in song but due to new directives we are not allowed to sing historically inaccurate songs so please take note of the following.
First song 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'.
Actually, they never sang at all, the Gospel of Luke points out, 'The angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people’ and the Angel is then joined by 'a great company of the heavenly host' who praise God, saying, 'Glory to God in the highest'. As the Heralds Angels said it rather than sang it, the song is now out.
Next up, 'We Three Kings of Orient Are'.
Again, we don’t know that there were three but we do know they weren’t kings. The Bible never says how many there were, only three gifts were given to Jesus and the Bible calls them 'magi's' so they were probably astronomers or astrologers from somewhere outside the Roman Empire. The Bible (Matthew 2:2) also doesn't mention them following the star, only they simply noted its ascent. Not three, not kings and they didn't follow the star so we will pass over this one also.
Onto 'Away in a manger'.
The Gospel of Luke says Jesus was placed in a manger because there was no room at the inn. Tradition has put that a manger is in a stable. The Bible doesn't mention a stable but a Kataluma which means 'guest chamber' so we had better ignore that one also as factually inaccurate.
Then we have 'Once in Royal David’s City'.
See above, (as per Luke 2:7), no lowly cattle shed, no stable, no stall so no mother laying her Baby in a manger for his bed so we will skip this one.
Problems with 'In The Bleak Midwinter'
Oh dear, 'Snow had fallen, snow on snow in the bleak midwinter long ago' which is a problem as it probably wasn’t winter because the shepherds were out watching their flocks by night which they wouldn’t do in midwinter and the Romans ordered a census taken and a Roman census would take place after the harvest season, around September or October, when it would not affect the economy, the weather was good and the roads were still dry enough to allow easy travel. Definitely all wrong so we have to cross that one out.
Finally, 'Little Donkey'.
While it may have been a little donkey carrying Mary safely on her way, there is no mention of that in the Bible and donkey travel was not a popular means of transport at the time, so it was probably a horse, ox, camel, or a cart drawn by an unnamed animal so we can't sing that one either.
So our carol service has been considerably shortened but the importance of Christmas is not where a baby was born or how many magi there were, the importance is that enough of you still believe and keep turning up to put your pound coins in the collection plate. Now turn to song 3 on your carol sheet, Jingle Bells.
First song 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'.
Actually, they never sang at all, the Gospel of Luke points out, 'The angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people’ and the Angel is then joined by 'a great company of the heavenly host' who praise God, saying, 'Glory to God in the highest'. As the Heralds Angels said it rather than sang it, the song is now out.
Next up, 'We Three Kings of Orient Are'.
Again, we don’t know that there were three but we do know they weren’t kings. The Bible never says how many there were, only three gifts were given to Jesus and the Bible calls them 'magi's' so they were probably astronomers or astrologers from somewhere outside the Roman Empire. The Bible (Matthew 2:2) also doesn't mention them following the star, only they simply noted its ascent. Not three, not kings and they didn't follow the star so we will pass over this one also.
Onto 'Away in a manger'.
The Gospel of Luke says Jesus was placed in a manger because there was no room at the inn. Tradition has put that a manger is in a stable. The Bible doesn't mention a stable but a Kataluma which means 'guest chamber' so we had better ignore that one also as factually inaccurate.
Then we have 'Once in Royal David’s City'.
See above, (as per Luke 2:7), no lowly cattle shed, no stable, no stall so no mother laying her Baby in a manger for his bed so we will skip this one.
Problems with 'In The Bleak Midwinter'
Oh dear, 'Snow had fallen, snow on snow in the bleak midwinter long ago' which is a problem as it probably wasn’t winter because the shepherds were out watching their flocks by night which they wouldn’t do in midwinter and the Romans ordered a census taken and a Roman census would take place after the harvest season, around September or October, when it would not affect the economy, the weather was good and the roads were still dry enough to allow easy travel. Definitely all wrong so we have to cross that one out.
Finally, 'Little Donkey'.
While it may have been a little donkey carrying Mary safely on her way, there is no mention of that in the Bible and donkey travel was not a popular means of transport at the time, so it was probably a horse, ox, camel, or a cart drawn by an unnamed animal so we can't sing that one either.
So our carol service has been considerably shortened but the importance of Christmas is not where a baby was born or how many magi there were, the importance is that enough of you still believe and keep turning up to put your pound coins in the collection plate. Now turn to song 3 on your carol sheet, Jingle Bells.
Saturday, 23 December 2017
The 12 Days Of Christmas Explained
We all know the song the Twelve Day's of Christmas when someone sends his lover an ever increasing amount of presents each day but rather than being a countdown to Christmas as most people think, it's the period between 25th December and the 6th January when the clergy of the Middle Age's would gorge themselves in the name of a bunch of Saints and all the sordid practises and debauchery associated with drunk and well fed priests.
In Medieval England, this period was one of continuous feasting and merrymaking, which climaxed on Twelfth Night, the traditional end of the Christmas season.
The 12 Days each traditionally celebrate a feast day for the following Saints:
Day 1 (25th December): Christmas Day - celebrating the Birth of Jesus
Day 2 (26th December): St Stephen’s Feast Day.
Day 3 (27th December): St John the Apostle's Feast Day
Day 4 (28th December): The Feast of the Holy Innocents for baby's killed by King Herod.
Day 5 (29th December): St Thomas Becket Feast Day.
Day 6 (30th December): St Egwin of Worcester's Feast Day.
Day 7 (31st December): Pope Sylvester I Feast Day
Day 8 (1st January): Mary, the Mother of Jesus Feast Day and Feast of the Circumcision
Day 9 (2nd January): St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen Feast Day.
Day 10 (3rd January): Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus when Jesus was 'named' in the Temple.
Day 11 (4th January): The feast of Saint Simon Stylites.
Day 12 (5th January): Epiphany Eve Feast.
Somehow, over time, the Feast Days got turned into a song and Jesus became a Partridge, Thomas Becket gold jewellery and Mary a milkmaid.
Today's clergy are a bit more refined in their behaviour and twelfth night is now traditionally the date you should take your decorations down but it may be worth considering that when you sit down to to eat your meal on New Years Day, the eight day of Christmas, you are celebrating Jesus's foreskin so probably a skinless sausage or two may be in order.
In Medieval England, this period was one of continuous feasting and merrymaking, which climaxed on Twelfth Night, the traditional end of the Christmas season.
The 12 Days each traditionally celebrate a feast day for the following Saints:
Day 1 (25th December): Christmas Day - celebrating the Birth of Jesus
Day 2 (26th December): St Stephen’s Feast Day.
Day 3 (27th December): St John the Apostle's Feast Day
Day 4 (28th December): The Feast of the Holy Innocents for baby's killed by King Herod.
Day 5 (29th December): St Thomas Becket Feast Day.
Day 6 (30th December): St Egwin of Worcester's Feast Day.
Day 7 (31st December): Pope Sylvester I Feast Day
Day 8 (1st January): Mary, the Mother of Jesus Feast Day and Feast of the Circumcision
Day 9 (2nd January): St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen Feast Day.
Day 10 (3rd January): Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus when Jesus was 'named' in the Temple.
Day 11 (4th January): The feast of Saint Simon Stylites.
Day 12 (5th January): Epiphany Eve Feast.
Somehow, over time, the Feast Days got turned into a song and Jesus became a Partridge, Thomas Becket gold jewellery and Mary a milkmaid.
Today's clergy are a bit more refined in their behaviour and twelfth night is now traditionally the date you should take your decorations down but it may be worth considering that when you sit down to to eat your meal on New Years Day, the eight day of Christmas, you are celebrating Jesus's foreskin so probably a skinless sausage or two may be in order.
Friday, 22 December 2017
Another Angel Gets It's Wings
Joseph and Clarence are looking down at a scene of a man who has stopped by the railings at the centre of a bridge, the snow is falling hard as the desolate man stares down at the water, desperate, trying to make up his mind to act. He leans over looking at the water, fascinated, glances furtively around him, hunches himself as though about to jump.
Looks like we'll have to send someone down again' says Joseph, 'a lot of people are asking for our help'.
'Isn't that Donald Trump?' asked Clarence.
'Yes, tonight's his crucial night. We'll have to send you down immediately and if you do the right thing with Donald Trump then you will get your wings'.
The man clambers up onto the top of the icy frame and closes his eyes when a voice behind him says: 'Good Evening'.
Donald gasps and turns sharply to see an Angel stood in the snow behind him.
'Don't try and save me, i'm going to jump' cries Donald and the Angel shakes his head, shrugs and says 'Don't worry, i won't'.
'If you jump in i won't leap in to save you either' warns Donald, desperately clinging to the bridge support as the cold wind whips snow around him.
'Fine' says Clarence, 'i promise not to jump in'.
Donald looks at him surprised 'You what? Haven't you been sent to try and save me?'
Clarence shakes his head.
'Hey, your supposed to show me what the World would be like if i never lived'.
'Hmmm, this isn't going to be so easy. So you still think jumping off this bridge would make everyone feel happier, eh?
'Well i did but thinking about it, i don't know. I suppose it might be better if i'd just never been born at all'.
'Nope, your right, you've got your wish' said Clarence.
'You mean you'll make it that i had never been born. No worries? No £21 trillion debt? No prison for collusion with the Russians? No war with North Korea or being hated and ridiculed by every other World leader?' said Donald eagerly.
'Nah' said Clarence, 'you were right first time, this will make so many more people happy' and with a great leap forward pushed Trump off the Bridge.
On a Christmas tree somewhere a little silver bell swings to and fro with a silvery tinkle and a small child closes the cover of the book she had been reading and points to the bell.
Meanwhile, up above a small star twinkles brightly as Clarence, Angel Second Class, is handed his wings for a job well done.
Looks like we'll have to send someone down again' says Joseph, 'a lot of people are asking for our help'.
'Isn't that Donald Trump?' asked Clarence.
'Yes, tonight's his crucial night. We'll have to send you down immediately and if you do the right thing with Donald Trump then you will get your wings'.
The man clambers up onto the top of the icy frame and closes his eyes when a voice behind him says: 'Good Evening'.
Donald gasps and turns sharply to see an Angel stood in the snow behind him.
'Don't try and save me, i'm going to jump' cries Donald and the Angel shakes his head, shrugs and says 'Don't worry, i won't'.
'If you jump in i won't leap in to save you either' warns Donald, desperately clinging to the bridge support as the cold wind whips snow around him.
'Fine' says Clarence, 'i promise not to jump in'.
Donald looks at him surprised 'You what? Haven't you been sent to try and save me?'
Clarence shakes his head.
'Hey, your supposed to show me what the World would be like if i never lived'.
'Hmmm, this isn't going to be so easy. So you still think jumping off this bridge would make everyone feel happier, eh?
'Well i did but thinking about it, i don't know. I suppose it might be better if i'd just never been born at all'.
'Nope, your right, you've got your wish' said Clarence.
'You mean you'll make it that i had never been born. No worries? No £21 trillion debt? No prison for collusion with the Russians? No war with North Korea or being hated and ridiculed by every other World leader?' said Donald eagerly.
'Nah' said Clarence, 'you were right first time, this will make so many more people happy' and with a great leap forward pushed Trump off the Bridge.
On a Christmas tree somewhere a little silver bell swings to and fro with a silvery tinkle and a small child closes the cover of the book she had been reading and points to the bell.
Meanwhile, up above a small star twinkles brightly as Clarence, Angel Second Class, is handed his wings for a job well done.
Thursday, 21 December 2017
Naura, Micronesia and Palau Watching America's Back
Sometimes we have to hold our hands up and just admit that we were wrong which is what i am doing as i previously said that America was in complete isolation over Jerusalem but it turns out there are seven other nations in their corner.
Israel of course and joining them the powerhouses of Togo, Palau, Micronesia, Honduras, Guatemala, Marshall Islands and Nauru who saw their American funding disappearing and suddenly came over to the American cause.
After they were well and truly tonked by the rest of the World at the UN General Assembly, the Department of State tweeted their thanks 'to the countries that recognised our right to determine where we put our embassy' so thanks Togo, you may find a little something extra in your stocking this year.
As they stamped their little feet and threatened to tell on whoever voted against them at the General Assembly after the 14-1 defeat at the Security Council meeting on Tuesday, that's a long list of names that the incredibly grumpy looking Nikki Haley will be running to her boss with tonight including the UK who told Trump he can poke his embassy up his amply sized backside.
Throwing the toys out the pram and issuing bullying, childish threats obviously didn't work and the Trump led America's star dips even further but as they will always have Micronesia and Mauru watching their back, as long as they continue to shovel money at them that is, i'm sure they will be fine.
Israel of course and joining them the powerhouses of Togo, Palau, Micronesia, Honduras, Guatemala, Marshall Islands and Nauru who saw their American funding disappearing and suddenly came over to the American cause.
After they were well and truly tonked by the rest of the World at the UN General Assembly, the Department of State tweeted their thanks 'to the countries that recognised our right to determine where we put our embassy' so thanks Togo, you may find a little something extra in your stocking this year.
As they stamped their little feet and threatened to tell on whoever voted against them at the General Assembly after the 14-1 defeat at the Security Council meeting on Tuesday, that's a long list of names that the incredibly grumpy looking Nikki Haley will be running to her boss with tonight including the UK who told Trump he can poke his embassy up his amply sized backside.
Throwing the toys out the pram and issuing bullying, childish threats obviously didn't work and the Trump led America's star dips even further but as they will always have Micronesia and Mauru watching their back, as long as they continue to shovel money at them that is, i'm sure they will be fine.
Sticky Fingered Damian Green Bites The Dust
It wasn't the stash of porn that was found on Damian Green's work computer that saw him lose his job, rather the lies he told to desperately try and cover it up which breached the ministerial code.
Despite the Tories and their supporters trying to make out that the Police are at fault for releasing the information into the public domain, Green's dismissal makes it three Tories cabinet members who have been kicked out the Exit door in the past six weeks.
Amusingly Green's downfall goes back to 2008 when the Conservative Party leaked information regarding the Labour Party which led to a police investigation which discovered the pornographic material on Green's House of Commons computer.
The clatter of petards being hoisted must have been deafening as was the response to Green's resignation letter which didn't really explain why he said he had no knowledge of the porn on the computer only to remember that actually, he was told about it at the time and again in 2013. Oopsie.
Obviously you should trust a Conservative MP as far as you could hurl a piano at the best of times but at the rate she is losing them, Theresa May will run out of MP's to promote to the cabinet soon.
The sticky fingered MP has now set a precedent as lying is now an instantly sackable offence even if missing the Commons to flog your log in the office to Debbie Does Dallas isn't.
Despite the Tories and their supporters trying to make out that the Police are at fault for releasing the information into the public domain, Green's dismissal makes it three Tories cabinet members who have been kicked out the Exit door in the past six weeks.
Amusingly Green's downfall goes back to 2008 when the Conservative Party leaked information regarding the Labour Party which led to a police investigation which discovered the pornographic material on Green's House of Commons computer.
The clatter of petards being hoisted must have been deafening as was the response to Green's resignation letter which didn't really explain why he said he had no knowledge of the porn on the computer only to remember that actually, he was told about it at the time and again in 2013. Oopsie.
Obviously you should trust a Conservative MP as far as you could hurl a piano at the best of times but at the rate she is losing them, Theresa May will run out of MP's to promote to the cabinet soon.
The sticky fingered MP has now set a precedent as lying is now an instantly sackable offence even if missing the Commons to flog your log in the office to Debbie Does Dallas isn't.
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