FORMER Worcester Labour MP Mike Foster was bizarrely spotted at the Conservative Party conference this week, like a true cat among the pigeons.

The man who was the city's first and only ever Labour MP for 13 long years was speaking at a fringe event on the future of gas heating, and was quick to admit to The Source of his whereabouts before anybody else did.

"I've had my jabs and will be out on the first train," he told us.

* NIGEL Huddleston didn't have the best experience at the Tory conference, describing how he had to wade through a daily gauntlet of intimidation, hostile eyeballs and even phlegm up in t'north.

His week was only brightened up by Boris Johnson, after the duo attended an evening reception where the bumbling London Mayor regaled about having to dodge a hail of eggs, water bombs and even plastic balls himself.

Nigel tells us Bojo was "joking about their poor throwing skills" as the "various projectiles" from vexed anti-austerity protestors failed to hit the target.

I'd head to Bournemouth next year, fellas.

* UKIP is preparing for a big campaign rally to "leave the EU" at the Bank House Hotel near Worcester tonight, where you'll be charged a fee of £1 for entry.

Is anyone taking Euros?

* NEW city council boss Sheena Ramsey is literally living the highlife after finding a loft apartment to rent right in the city centre, making Worcester her home.

It means the council's new MD is now opting to walk everywhere - avoiding the fate of her predecessor Duncan Sharkey who used to drive in from Tewkesbury and tasted Worcester's legendary traffic jams all too regularly.

* TIRED of having council leaders slag off the Government's financial support, Chancellor George Osborne has decided to effectively get them to fight and battle with each other for cash in a business rates war.

Does this mean Worcestershire's many 'dual-hatters', the politicians who have managed to get themselves onto two councils, must wake up every morning and aggressively punch themselves in the face?