Why were sheep released in Central London this summer?
It's not everyday that one is cycling down Embankment and is distracted the various iterations of 'baaas' from a small flock of sheep (yes, you read that right!). That was the position I indeed found myself in on August 19th of this year. Cycling has taken off over the last decade as a convenient and healthy way to get around, so I did expect a bit of the old 'green country vibes'. Yet I certainly did not expect to find a meeting of sheep just south of Whitehall (between Big Ben and Trafalgar Square). Although, in retrospect, this is just down the road from Horse Guards Parade, so maybe austerity had forced the Household Cavalry to swap the horses for a smaller and cheaper alternative. This didn't seem likely, although I would suggest it would definitely boost tourism and British lamb exports post-Brexit. Indeed, Brexit was the reason why the sheep had gathered here. In fact, they had been brought to the location by a handful of People's Vote PR Gurus and a