“Earlier today Home Secretary Theresa May made a striking claim about the how pet ownership was interpreted in human rights legislation.

She told delegates at the Conservative Party conference of the case of “the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because – and I am not making this up – he had pet a cat.”

Ms May’s speech writers would do well to read more Full Fact and less Daily Star. After all, it was only a few months ago that we covered this story debunking the feline connection.

Indeed in response to Ms May’s speech the Judicial Office of Communications have taken the step of re-issuing a statement they made two years ago when the story first surfaced.”

Well done, May. Well done.