There are rats in British Government!

[quiller]

...And solely for variety's sake in political fare, here's the British answer to the lack of mousers prowling the hallowed halls of Old Blighty. Meet the mass-murderer Palmerston....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/19/foreign-office-cat-palmerston-breaks-into-the-treasury---is-he-o/

Related yowls from the sandbox over at Number 10 Downing.....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/14/larry-the-cat-given-shiny-new-bell---now-palmerston-will-hear-hi/

If ya can't teach old dogs new tricks, get a cat.