SO far four political parties have confirmed their General Election candidates for Worcester, but what about UKIP?

The party's national officials are only willing to hand the gig to someone on their 'approved list' of candidates, which for Worcester happens to have just three or four names on it.

With defeated 2015 candidate James Goad already ruling himself out, Peter Jewell eyeing up seats like Redditch and the likes of city-based MEP James Carver embroiled in a row over the 'veil ban' policy, the options get thinner still.

Someone get on the phone to Nigel Farage, quick.

* ELSEWHERE, it's not only UKIP struggling to come to terms with Theresa May's snap June 8 poll.

The Labour Party is still trying to find a candidate for West Worcestershire, with the 2015 hopeful Dan Walton turning down the chance to try again.

* TALKING about Mr Walton, if it wasn't clear that him and Tory Councillor Alan Amos don't particularly get on, it is now.

The duo happened to stumble across each other while out campaigning in Bedwardine earlier this week, with Cllr Amos promptly deciding to run off before he got too close rather than engage in any pleasantries.

Talk about an election battleground - all these two need is some Battle of Worcester armour and it'd be great entertainment.

* SQUARING the circle in St John's is county council election candidate Rob Menzies, who is standing for UKIP.

The social worker used to chair Worcester's Stop the War coalition, and actually stood for election to the city council's old All Saints ward back in 2003 for the 'Socialist Alternative Party'.

"UKIP is a broad church," he tells us.

* MORE evidence of how loony the British electorate really is comes from Robin Walker's slog of a campaign trail.

Worcester's MP was stopped in the street by one constituent last week, who "asked if I could work out how to switch on her new washing machine".

Wil it be the soap and suds wot won it?

* ONE man with burning ears this week is Worcestershire MP Sajid Javid.

The Sunday Times reckons Theresa May will give him the boot from her Cabinet, regardless of how he does in Bromsgrove at June's snap election.