WEED KNOT BE SO DAFT

THERESA May’s Cabinet may be in complete chaos but her ministers in the House of Lords are dispensing useful public information.

Don’t try to eradicate the invasive garden pest Japanese knotweed by eating it, for example. Children in Japan apparently do munch on the shoot but rural affairs minister Baron – ahem – Gardiner, says: “I would not advise it. I don’t think that is a very sensible proposal for this country.” Thanks for that.