WORCESTER Labour Party isn't always flush with cash, but it appears benefactors come from all sorts of unlikely sources.

This week we told you how Pam Clayton, a former Warndon councillor for Labour, is now standing for the Conservatives after revealing her anger over all-women shortlists was the reason behind the switch.

After writing a resignation letter to Labour chiefs back in 2009 The Source can reveal she forgot to cancel her direct debit, which meant the party was still being sent a few quid each month directly from her bank account to fund its activities.

It was only two years later that she noticed the outgoing in her bank papers, leading to a short and swift trip into Worcester to get it stopped.

"A couple of hours later Mike Foster (the former Worcester Labour MP) was on the phone wanting to know why I left," she sighs.

One of her best qualities is generosity, this one.

* LAST month this column told you about Mid-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff, an avid Chelsea fan who is sporting a sweaty brow this month as his team battles for the Premiership title.

But spare a thought for Councillor Richard Boorn, Worcester City Council's cabinet member for finance, who is a Birmingham City fanatic and season ticket holder.

His beloved Blues are staring relegation square in the face, and barring a last day turnaround could be demoted to the old third division tomorrow for the first time since 1994.

To make a few truly miserable months even worse, the team has only won a total of two home games, both of which Cllr Boorn happened to miss, meaning for the first time ever in his 47 years of support he's now gone an entire season without seeing them win a single match.

And you thought Worcester Warriors fans have it bad.

* IT'S been a bad week for Worcester Tory Councillor Allah Ditta, who has dug himself into yet another hole by helping wreck a house in Timberdine Avenue, Battenhall so badly the city council threatened to demolish it on safety grounds.

He tells us the site in question is "difficult", which is just about the biggest understatement we've heard all year.

The Olympic games in Rio look more on track than this one.

With safety concerns now officially behind him, Cllr Ditta and his helpers are free to turn it into a home fit for a king, as opposed to the caveman's hole it looks like today.

Figures in Worcester Labour Party have been making light of the situation this week by giving the former city mayor a loveable nickname - Maison Ditta.

Come to think of it, has he ever considered launching his own plush property business?

* LET'S have a UKIP v Monster Raving Loony Party TV debate - wouldn't that be worth watching?