DOG

[Carruthers]

The Prime Minister has been upstaged by a Border Collie called Blitz on a number of occasions, the latest being yesterday, when attending church in her constituency of Maidenhead.



Years ago a work colleague of Dad's, Mr E, told him that he'd found a Yellow Labrador looking rather lost outside his house.
There was no sign of an owner so he took the dog in and gave it a drink of water.
He phoned the number on the dog's tag and after a bit of prompting someone in a Land Rover eventually turned up and collected the wanderer.
Mr E felt that there was something rather odd about the incident which prompted Dad to ask if the dog's name was on the tag.
'Paddy' came the response.
It all fell into place. Paddy belonged to Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and he had strayed from Chequers (country retreat of the PM), about three miles away.


The errant hound with Mr Wilson in the garden of 10 Downing Street...