Leftie henchmen look to make their mark at County Hall

Nothing focuses the collective minds of politicians more than a bruising bout at the ballot box, and this one is looming large.

Good job for Labour then, that they’ve got someone in place nice and early to draft their muchanticipated party manifesto.

Councillor Alan Amos has already hit the ground running in putting together a list of their “electable”

aims.

Word has reached The Source that the manifesto, which should be ready within weeks, might well be one of the most talked-about since Nick Clegg was born.

One pledge will be to abolish the historic role of the Lord Lieutenant, who acts as the Queen’s representative in Worcestershire.

I wouldn’t expect a phone call from Her Majesty inviting him to a garden party any time soon – especially as the role dates back to the 16th century.

“If the Tories don’t like it, tough – there may be a lot of things in there they don’t like,” he says.

Coun Amos, of course, is the man who suggested Worcester should twin with troubled Gaza City in 2009.

To add a little flavour to the draft, one of the chief leftie henchmen helping him with the content is St John’s Councillor Richard Udall, famous for describing charity street collectors as “nasty people” and “wretched parasites”.

With these colourful men in charge, what could possibly go wrong, eh?

WITH the recession still in full swing while Cameron plays Fruit Ninja, you could argue we’d be better off feeding our MPs to the lions. How fitting, then, that Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier almost suffered that exact fate after being asked to try out a forthcoming VIP experience at the West Midland’s Safari Park.

Armed with meat to feed 12 hungry animals, he agreed to step into a protective steel cage where he was towed onto the site’s African lion reserve to hand over breakfast.

Perhaps all the roaring, hissing and growling which ensued reminded him of those constituency surgeries.

Next time you go Mark, can you take Dave with you?