David Silvester, a councillor in Henley and representative of the UKIP party, has been suspended by that sorry band of reactionary, stick-in-the-mud, pre-Victorian racists and other Daily Mail readers, because of some comments he made. He said that the recent terrible flooding in his and other areas was a direct message from God to David Cameron in response and anger over the legalisation of gay marriage. Real, Old Testament, fire and brimstone stuff. So what next? A plague of locusts in Reigate? Slaying of the firstborn in Burton-upon-Trent?? I thought that shit was all over. I thought we no longer had miracles and the term ‘act of God’ was purely a get-out for sheister insurance companies looking to avoid a claim. Then up pops old Silvester and shames his political party. Not a normal party either, but UKIP. Which is almost impervious to shame in any normal sense.

Whereas I know, for a fact, that the flooding was really because Arsenal are top of the Premiership table. And God is a Spurs fan. Big fan. Sits not so much ‘in’ the Upper West stand but kind of ‘just above it’. In that godly way. (Also saving about 15 hundred quid a year on a season ticket. Clever).

We played Swansea yesterday. Not the best team in the league but by no means the worst either. They play nice football and have a great manager in Michael Laudrup. But Spurs outplayed them. Fairly comprehensively. With Adebayor once again cast in the most unlikely role as hero. A credit to Tim Sherwood for firstly giving him a chance and secondly to appreciate that with so few strikers on the books its pretty assenine not to play the ones we do have.

Arsenal go marching on. Ok, only Fulham, and at home, but its still a job that needs to be done. Similarly Manchester City, saw off Cardiff even though they conceded two goals. Though outscoring Manchester City this year is becoming something of an impossibility, however many you score.

Not so Chelsea. Much harder to score against that lot. Manchester United did manage it, but only once and way too late in the game to affect either the result or the horrific grimace on David Moyes’ face. His team, particularly in the continued absence of Rooney and Van Persie, look very very underpowered.

Liverpool struggled against a neat-looking Aston Villa side who played their ‘break away’ game with aplomb at Anfield on Saturday night, forcing the Scousers to consider themselves lucky to get their one point. Which was good for Spurs. And remember; anything that’s good for Spurs is good for the whole world. And for God.

We could do with Everton not winning tonight at West Brom. Though whether Anelka plays is almost a more interesting question than the result itself. I’m hoping for at very least a lightening strike on the Hawthorns if not the full Sodom and Gomorrah.

Happy Monday, let’s be careful out there, and say our prayers.

A xxxx