She wasn't "sacked" (she was, actually) because a sacked cabinet minister, a bitter brexiteer, which is what Patel is, would be a far worse backbench presence than someone who had just resigned. The whole thing is a shambles, one which none of us should take any pleasure in. A hundred years from now, children in schools will be taught that this was the most shambolic, undisciplined, divided, chaotic and disastrous government that this country has ever endured. If we can actually afford to run any schools by then, that is.