Vote, vote, vote for Billy Brooke

For some years the Kennel Club and Dogs Trust have run a Westminster Dog of the Year contest to find the top dog owned by an MP or peer. Apparently the judges look for "the dogs' good deeds and devotion to their owner".

Now comes news that Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is staging Purr Minister 2015. And one of the cats taking part is Annette Brooke's Billy.

So hurry over to the contest's website to vote for him!

You may also, writes Liberal England's Cat Correspondent, be interested in the news that Battersea's cattery has been given Grade II listed building status.

Whittington Lodge was designed around 1907 by Clough Williams-Ellis, better known as the architect of Portmeirion.