Who Devour Widows' Houses

The Glorious Successor, as some of you may have heard, is the son of a Christian minister. Doubtless the minister was staunch, as so many Christians are; not fanatical like a Muslim or militant like an atheist; and doubtless little Gordon derived much amusement from the incident of the widow's gift, whereby Christ makes clear that it is a Good Thing for poor people to pay taxes which they cannot afford.

The Glorious Successor is, as some of you may have heard, the son of a Christian minister. In noting the Glorious Successor's latest round of welfare cuts, instituted so as to "foster a greater sense of responsibility among customers (sic) for their financial affairs", a Liberal Democrat peer observed that "the left hand of government does not seem to know what the right hand is doing". Intentionally or otherwise, this is a reference to Christ's commandment at Matthew 6 iii, whereby Christians who distribute alms with their right hand are enjoined to preserve a modicum of sinistral deniability so that the pockets of less fortunate customers may be picked without undue strain on the conscience.

The Glorious Successor, as some of you may have heard, is the son of a Christian minister. The minister's middle name was Ebenezer. I merely mention it.