General Election 2019: best dogs at polling stations
Voting day has brought out some very good boys

Everybody agrees that politics can be somewhat miserable at times, and general election campaigns can start to feel like a drag.
But the good news is that at the end of each campaign, a treat awaits. Not an ambitious new government, of course, but rather pictures of dogs at polling stations.
Voters have been uploading photos of their pooches all day, with #dogsatpollingstations trending on twitter by lunchtime.
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