"Did a member of your family return home last night without his trousers?"

That is the question asked today by a spokeswoman for Warwickshire Police, says the BBC website.

It seems:

An arsonist is believed to have left his trousers at the scene of a fire in Warwickshire.

A pair of men's jeans were recovered from the fire at a sports court in Acre Close, Whitnash, Leamington Spa, on Monday evening

According to Blogger this is the 5000th posting on Liberal England. So much for my plans for marking that landmark with an essay on the philosophical foundations of the Liberal Democrats.