LABOUR'S dire Copeland result certainly made a slice of history, with the Conservatives declaring it their greatest by-election victory "since 1878".

That year, the last directly comparable by-election gain for any British governing party, it was actually little old Worcester making national headlines - with the Tories grabbing the city's seat from the Liberals.

* FORMER Labour MP Mike Foster is trying to stop Tory-centric Drakes Broughton being lumped in with his old Worcester seat, urging the Boundary Commission to calm itself down.

In doing so he appears to have created the best constituency-deciding rule yet - the 'fried supper test'.

In his written submission to the consultation, urging assessors to go no further than simply adding Norton and Whittington, he states: "Norton and Whittington is within easy reach of Worcester - even their nearest chippy is in Worcester."

* MIND you the most amusing part of this parliamentary shake-up is the general hatred folk in Malvern and Ledbury seem to have for each other.

Assessors, unaware of the seemingly-primal hostilities across the Herefordshire border, want to replace West Worcestershire with a new seat called 'Malvern and Ledbury'.

Among the assortment of hilarious public comments to the consultation are plenty from Malvern residents horrified at the prospect of a link-up, one saying Herefordshire people are "different".

* FOUR years ago a bruising set of election results left the Conservatives smarting at Worcestershire County Council, losing 10 seats.

The electoral slap-in-the-face even saw the party lose two of its cabinet members, but is the comeback on?

Jane Potter, County Hall's ex-cabinet member for education who was sensationally ousted by 58 votes to UKIP, is plotting a return and will stand again in May.

* CHINESE takeaway boss Kwai Hung Chan, who runs a well-known fast food jaunt in Malvern Link, is also standing in May's elections - welcome news to those rumbling tummies at County Hall.

Mr Chan, who happens to be a Lib Dem, will take on Tory incumbent Paul Tuthill, who will probably be looking elsewhere for his spring rolls over the coming weeks.

They must be crackers.

* NIGEL Huddleston has been in Northern Ireland this week, asking tourism leaders about their Brexit fears on behalf of the culture, media and sport select committee.

Mid-Worcestershire's MP even got to tour Belfast's Titanic Studios, home of the iconic Game of Thrones set, where he sat on the famed iron throne.

A violent dynastic struggle based on pure fantasy, a fight for independence, obstructive dragons and a thousand enemy swords pointing from all directions - it all sounds a bit like Brexit doesn't it?