QUIRKY WORLD ... Diplomatic offensive: Peace breaks out between top cats

ENGLAND: The top cats in Whitehall have apparently ceased hostilities after a “fracas”, new Commons Leader David Lidington has reassured MPs.

Larry the Downing St mouse catcher and the latest cat on the block, Palmerston from the foreign office, were recently seen fighting. Mr Lidington used the business statement in the Commons to update the house on the pair’s relationship in the days since Theresa May and Boris Johnson took to their new offices.

“I have to say, I saw some reports in the media that (Larry) had been involved in a fracas with the foreign office cat, but I hope that they have now established a modus vivendi.”