Today, 13th July is the birthday of John Dee, my favourite magus, polymath, patriotic Englishman, even though he was Welsh.

John Dee came to prominence when he calculated the optimum time for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the First. It was a time when England was bankrupt, surrounded by enemies, and fearful of religious fanatics. Sound familiar?

By the end of her reign, England was the richest, most powerful country, which went on to create the British Commonwealth, a term coined by John Dee.

John Dee worked for the British Secret Service, headed by Walsingham. His code number was 007. Quite what Dee thought about the shenanigans around phone hacking we will probably never know. Oh for someone of his authority and stature – England needs him.

Doug Gibb is being interviewed by Donna Leigh on the Tarot

That pigeon was nowhere to be seen at the England v Slovenia game last night. England played better, as we would have expected. I wondered if the USA might suffer at the hands of Algeria, but at the last gasp the USA scored a goal which edged out Slovenia, and ensured they qualified at the top of the table with England. Clearly black magic does not work as Algeria finished bottom without scoring a goal.

As soon as I saw the pigeon sitting on the Algerian goal I knew what was going on – England were going to lose, and lose badly

That pigeon signified black magic mixed with arrogance, and it became clear that there were multiple levels of magical activity. Spirits to ensure the referee was biased to Algeria, boosts to the level of competence of the Algerians, a huge block in front of the Algerian goal, and spirits assigned to every England player.

Paradoxically, the commentator gave it away when he said about ‘the lack of spirit’. In practice before the game,  England were totally different. Fortunately, the magicians did not have it all their own way – Algeria did not score, and there were individual examples of Algerian vulnerability and lack of fitness towards the end.

Remember France’s abysmal performance in this World Cup? France still has a massive amount of influence in Algeria – they were colonial rulers, so I would not be surprised if a similar thing was happening.

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The events of Bigotgate and a car crashing as Lord Mandelson introduced Gordon Brown at a launch in Birmingham this afternoon demonstrate leakage, the subconscious externalisation of processes going on within the collective psyche of the Labour Party.  it is as though the collective consciousness of the Labour Party is crumbling – from the top down.

It is abundantly clear that whoever wins will have terrible problems to deal with, toxic solutions that can be suicidal to the party in power when it comes to the next election.

In consciousness terms, the best result for the country seems to be forming; a hung parliament requiring a coalition. For once, the politicians will have to work hard just to stand still. As a result, the country will hopefully avoid any kind of extreme policies railroaded against the wishes of the public.

Given the almost catastropic economic circumstance we find ourselves in, requiring cuts in services and tax hikes, maybe neither Nick Clegg nor David Cameron really want the poisoned chalice. Will we see leakage from the other leaders?

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In the interests of balance after writing about Gordon Browns’ bitten fingers, and Peter Mandelson’s disappearing thumb, I wanted to say something about the leader, and possible next Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron’s palms, but so far I have not seen a good recent photo or video to make any conclusions. So if you know of any, please let me know.