Every world leader these days needs to have a pet. Joe Biden has a pair of out-of-control German Shepherds that are busily biting their way through the president’s secret service guards; Boris Johnson had Dilyn, a Jack Russell which was as well trained as its owner; and Rishi Sunak owns Nova, a Red Fox labrador. The Prime Minister has been pictured working hard while stroking the dog. But does Sunak actually like his pet? Comments made by the PM at a fringe event at Tory conference suggest not.
The PM told a Women2Win event that after enlisting the help of his wife and kids to get him elected, he begrudgingly rewarded them by giving them a dog.
‘Ultimately I found myself at Pets at Home buying stuff for a brand new Labrador puppy that I didn’t want in the first place,’ he said.
Sunak’s comments come just a few weeks after he enraged dog owners by announcing a crackdown on Bully XLs.
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