Weasels are up in arms at being compared to Michael Gove after reading an article in The Telegraph today that speculated that he may have “weaselled” his way into Theresa May’s cabinet.

“This isn’t fair at all.” Dave Graverobber the Chair of the British Council of Weasels told us. “I mean come on; we know weasels get pretty poor PR. But Gove?” he said.

“Fair enough, they shit when they walk and aren’t terribly reliable. Also they can’t really be trusted around kids but it’s not like they eat babies – well okay they do that but they don’t eat their own.”

With Gove/weasel comparisons gathering pace on social media is an issue that The British Council of Weasels are keen to deal with.

“Look what happened to rats – it’s all about PR. ‘Weaselling’ used to be a good honest simile for being a sneaky conniving bastard or sexual predator. Now people are saying weasel and thinking of that slimey backstabbing two faced hypocrite! It’s got to stop! At least you know what to expect from an actual weasel.”

Micheal Gove was unavailable for comment and a source close to him said he had gone home to get changed having taken a shit in his clothes walking over to the Cabinet Office.