Where's Officer Dibble when you need him?

Gosh, the power of being in Government. Only a few months ago, Nick Clegg was a mere leader of an opposition party who could only do things like protest at the war in Iraq and call for Trident to be scrapped.

Now he is Deputy Prime Minister and while the boss is away in Cornwall, Clegg has been trusted to handle the big issues facing our nation, such as women putting cats into dustbins.

He handled it smoothly this week, expressing just enough shock and outrage without crossing over into Blair territory and calling it "the people's pussy".

Mind you, what is so wrong about cats being in dustbins? It never hurt Top Cat.