You know it's highly important because it's the BBC's top story. You see, any real news that might be available right now is economy-related, and thus
far too depressing to be even thought about, much less reported upon, and while people are still no doubt being blown up, raped, tortured and so forth in Iraq, the public is bored with that now (Iraq news can now be generated with the Word form letter thingy; "[random-number] of [civilians/insurgents/British soldiers/American troops] were [killed/shot/bombed/murdered/tortured/raped] today near [Baghdad/Basra] by [insurgents/British soldiers/American troops]" - Americans are always 'troops' now, for some reason, like the people in the white costumes in Star Wars), so it is necessary to resort to reporting that Jacqui Smith accidentally claimed 10 pounds worth of porn as expenses, because this is a matter of national importance. She also, incidentally, claimed 3.75 for Oceans 13, which is far worse, as that's a dreadful film and the porn is not named, so could
theoretically be good, assuming that there exists such a thing as good porn.
From some dreadful old Tory or other:
"If she doesn't recognise that I think she's really a bit too stupid to be Home Secretary."
The sentiment is appreciated, but really, the bar has been set
terribly low.
This is the face of a cabinet member who has just discovered that someone in her house is watching filthy, filthy pornography, and/or Oceans 13, and that she has accidentally submitted it as an expense.
One wonders was the pornography in question made by Ireland's beloved nude taoiseach. I'm sure that somewhere there is a market for people who fetishise wobbly incompetents in positions of power.
Update: It gets worse! Her husband, who is apologising and is thus potentially the porn-viewer, is also her parliamentary aide! This means that the porn may theoretically have been watched in government offices. No doubt a Sir Humphrey is even now frantically checking for stains on the nice leather chairs.
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