In his latest Daily Mail column, the ex-PM said: “Our dog Dilyn went a few times to Larry’s lair, and Larry being out at the time Dilyn decided — entirely naturally and reasonably — to eat his food. (1) The reprisals were terrible. If you look closely at Larry, you can see that he is constructed like a sumo wrestler. He also has the talons of a velociraptor, and he is one of those cats who not only likes his food but also takes a dim view of anyone else who tries to scoff it. Have you ever reached out idly in a pub to take a chip from someone else’s plate, and found yourself unexpectedly stabbed in the hand by a fork? That is the kind of reaction that Dilyn provoked from the Downing Street mouser. The poor dog was quite badly mauled.”
Mr Johnson went on to say Dilyn became “terrified” of Larry and would avoid “anywhere he might come across Catzilla”.
Larry has also been accused of beating up Rishi Sunak’s labrador, Nova. The current PM’s wife Akshata Murty said the Downing Street cat “does not get on” with Nova and has had “heated exchanges” with the dog. “Larry’s come out on top," the businesswoman said.
Presumably, BJ believes that his witty anecdote justifies his £1m pa retainer from the Daily Mail but, IMO, it’s just another example of BJ being unable to tell the truth - any incident, if described, will always be full of distortions, exaggerations, embellishments and misrepresentations.
(1) If true, Dilyn is like his master - always up for a free lunch - although BJ took it to excess - free holidays, free houses, free loans, free legal expenses, etc.
Serves Johnson right for having a wussy dog that likes to play at being the victim when it gets caught with it’s paws in the cookie jar, just like Johnson
Dilyn got what it deserved, shame his owner didn’t
And Fatty Johnson steals chips from people’s plates? No surprise there, he probably prefers it if they’re poor people, he’s the type who’d swipe Tiny Tim’s turkey
I remember him using an anecdote about Dilyn to object the Dangerous Dogs act banning xlbullies and other dangerous breeds, something about Dilyn killing a bird
He’s a populist who will use anything to his advantage and he knows Brits love a good animal story
