'Merseyside resident Domino has never fallen foul of the law. On the contrary, he has taken rather well to it and can be found all night long buried in great tomes of the stuff. He will, however, never make an appearance in court to debate points of law.' So begins reams of guff from the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) that proves we are deep in the silly season. The DCA first organised a photo shoot and then a press release about a horse that's allergic to hay and now nestles in a bed of shredded scrap paper donated by three courts in Liverpool. And that's pretty much it, except for rather lame puns, dare we say, about his 'NEIGH-bours' (sic) and how he has taken to his new bed 'as a duck to water, well, a horse, anyway'. Sadly the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, does not provide any comment in the press release and we understand that he was nowhere to be seen at the photo op, thereby denying Private Eye its next cover.