THE ham-fisted pig tales of David Cameron may well be porkies, but it hasn't stopped many of Worcestershire's politicians putting the boot in on the old swine, including Councillor Richard Udall.

The Voice of St John's said earlier this week he's "just had Cameron on the phone, asking if there is anything which can be done to save his bacon."

Probably fearing the Downing Street witch-hunt to identify this mystery MP who accused the PM of shafting an animal, not one of our parliamentarians has dared joke about pig-gate on Twitter, which is probably for the best.

Trot along, there's nothing to see here - other than a great big pig's ear.

* ONE of the curious side stories to this whole pigging affair is the Worcestershire link to Lord Ashcroft's book, with former Malvern College pupil and fellow Oxford contemporary James Delingpole among those to dish the dirt on the PM.

Incidentally, for those not-in-the-know James' brother is Worcester-based Richard Delingpole, a UKIP activist who has tried, without success to get onto Worcestershire County Council and Worcester City Council.

Richard is so comfortable with his brand of humour he once felt compelled to post a doctored image of himself on the internet alongside Adolf Hitler, a play-on to Tories said to be trawling social networks at the time looking for 'dirt' on UKIP candidates.

At least this week's lurid tales, like a tabloid version of Peppa Pig, have allowed that humour to flower once more.

He asks: "This joint Cameron was supposed to have smoked, was it a joint of pork?"

* SPURNED on by the Prime Minister shoving the 'Big Society' down our throats, Worcestershire County Council is trying to make more significant strides with its own version of promoting volunteering, known as Act Local.

Someone better tell County Hall they've got this horribly wrong, what Mr Cameron actually meant to say was the PIG society.

* BEING serious for a moment, the Mayor of Droitwich Tory Graham Beale has been on the phone suggesting our new sister title, the Droitwich News, runs a dating page for readers looking for love.

Maybe the PM can do our new title a special deal? "I'll give you two-for-one on pigs".