Friday 14 January 2011

Dogs in politics

So Labour held the Oldham and Saddleworth by-election. How does Nick Clegg feel about that?  And does it signal the collapse of working class Tory support? We shall see. Not that I have much time for politicians after the expenses scandal.... except for Cheryl Gillan the Shadow Welsh Secretary, who thoughtfully spent her ill-gotten gains on dogfood.

Dogs have traditionally played an important role in the political arena of course. B and W thoughfully line my crate with the Guardian, which picked up the story of newly-found war records on the Finnish anti-Nazi Tor Borg, persecuted because his dog, nicknamed Hitler, raised its paw when he heard the words 'Heil Hitler' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/07/nazi-fury-hitler-dog.

Anyhow, highlight of the week so far has been going to Weird's office to meet her friend Dr Al. Not only is he a border collie fan, he has a PhD in physics so he understands pseudorandomness.

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