RT @ MI5 You’re Sacked

I’ve recently been watching Series 3 of Spooks and once again wishing that ASIO had accepted my application to become a spy.

It seems like such a glamorous and interesting life.  Much better than the standard 9-5 desk job that slowly suffocates you.  You very rarely see and ugly spy, and if they are less than smoking hot, they always seem to possess a killer sense of humour.

Add this to the extra passports, expense accounts and hefty pay packets (well how else does 007 afford those Bentleys?) and it seems like a pretty awesome gig.

What is interesting however, is that not even the age-old glamorous profession of spying is immune to the changing world. 

According to The Daily Telegraph, there have been a large number of redundancies amongst MI5, because aging spooks can’t get a grasp of the internet.

Poor things. Never mind that they can speak multiple languages, track down terrorists or drive expensive cars at speed through urban centres – it seems that what matters is if they can get what twitter is all about.