David Maddox: And the important news is.... baa

As Labour goes into meltdown and the UK Government appears to be on the verge of collapse you can always rely on the Lib Dems to come up with the top news story of the day.

Their press release's headline screamed out:

SCOTLAND’S SHEEP FARMERS NEED MINISTER TO ACT OVER EID

EID is apparently electronic identity tagging. The trouble is that most of the sheep people are thinking about today are the panicking Labour MPs in Westminster and the only EID in play will be the one the despairing PM (pictured right) is no doubt trying to put on his last remaining ministers to make sure he can keep track of them before they too decide to resign.