Four Legs Good

Astoundingly enough, the National Johnson may have said the thing that is not as regards the decision to prioritise an animal charity when Britain fled Afghanistan with its tail between its legs. Two unelected bureaucrats have now stated that staff and animals from the Nowzad charity were rescued in obedience to personal orders from Big Dog, who presumably had been told by some fox-hunting chums about the British being a nation of animal lovers. When questions were raised about whether Her Majesty's Government might have done better by helping real refugees to get away from the Taliban, the Johnson denied having had anything to do with the decision. After today's testimony before the foreign affairs select committee, the shadow Secretary for Wogs, Beads and Trinkets accused the Johnson of putting "the lives of animals ahead of humans on a personal whim," which is probably a little uncharitable given that few Afghan refugees of any species can file expenses claims of sufficient magnitude to be considered human by the Conservative Party.