Enter "The Dogfather" of British Politics ?

Those of us who would like to see changes at the top of the British Establishment welcome the prospect of one less Blair, namely London Metropolitan police chief Sir Ian Blair. London Mayor Boris Johnson has described any plot to oust Sir Ian as "Barking", a response which has caused me some reflection.

Now Ken Livingstone's manual of government, as Leader of the Greater London Council, was The Godfather and, indeed, the plot of this book has been the inspiration for contemporary thinking on the darker arts of management.

Not having read The Godfather myself, or managed to stay awake through the film, I was nevertheless entertained recently to find a local canine consultant advertising himself as "The Dogfather". With his reference to "Barking", a canine management style sounds more up the street of Boris Johnson.