LABOUR politician Richard Udall is anything but a poodle, but now he's taken his 'ruffing up' of rival parties to another level.

He took his dog to County Hall the other day, only for his beloved mutt to take a dump in the grounds.

"I'd like to think it was a political statement," he says.

* BORIS Johnson came to Sixways last week for a Tory fundraiser, leaving county politicians regaling in his presence while he got swamped for selfies.

Redditch MP Karen Lumley told us they've been good buddies for 18 years - which came in handy as she's the only county MP backing a Brexit.

"He's an absolute superstar, he's not changed one bit," she says.

"I was in the same curry restaurant in London one night and as he got up to leave, everyone got up and they all clapped him out."

Try pulling that off as Prime Minister.

* WORCESTER MP Robin Walker isn't afraid to repeatedly peck at Government ministers over causes close to his heart - but he's edging closer to the Chancellor's blacklist.

Ahead of the March Budget he's fired off letter after letter to George Osborne, opting for what MPs must call the paintball approach.

"I think that makes it letter number five," he told us yesterday.

* COUNTY MP Sajid Javid has a personal hotline to any business leader in the world these days, but he may want to work on contacts close to home.

The Bromsgrove MP and Business Secretary did a talk for Birmingham's Chamber of Commerce the other day, leading to an excitable press release going out lauding our man's achievements.

The disastrous piece of PR gushed over 'Jajid Javid's' backing for the so-called Midlands Engine.

* INSTEAD of giving up the ghost after so many failures, former Worcester BNP organiser Carl Mason is launching a new political party.

What's he calling it, Griffin's Graveyard?

* WE all hate junk mail - especially County Hall's deputy leader Anthony Blagg, who is getting his RIP early.

"You know you're getting old when the Open University sends you a letter asking you to make a donation in your will."