Was it a “purple plotter”, an Orange Booker or a Tory diehard? Or was it one of the coalition’s spin-doctors or advisors?
Viewers of BBC television news have been trying to work out the political affiliation of the rat seen scurrying by Number 10 Downing Street earlier in the week.
Opposition MPs must, of course, tread carefully in their characterisation of such creatures, especially after Harriet Harman was forced to apologise for calling Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander a “ginger rodent”. Quite who was most offended – redheads, rodents or Mr Alexander – has never been fully clear.
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