Damian Green’s fall shows that politics needs cleaning up, but so does the web | Martin Kettle

The disgraced politician was sacked for lying about porn on his computer. But we would all be better off without access to such demeaning material

To lose one cabinet minister in two months may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two may look like carelessness. To lose three strongly suggests downright incompetence. Yet as Damian Green follows Michael Fallon (remember him?) and Priti Patel (and her?) out of the cabinet room door this week, Theresa May is still very much in charge. To say she has never been stronger would be an exaggeration. But, like Forrest Gump or the Duracell bunny, the prime minister just keeps on running.

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Green’s lie is more trivial than Profumo’s, but it could have the same origin: embarrassment, then shame about illicit behaviour

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