It seems South Tyneside councillors are fond of licking arse, especially if it belongs to Gordon.
This week’s Labour Conference attracted no fewer than three of the borough’s biggest arse lickers in the shape of councillors Iain Malcolm, John McCabe and Ernest Gibson and Mr Monkey wonders why nearly 10% of the borough’s Labour councillors felt the need to be in Manchester.
Maybe it had something to do with the freebies on offer or perhaps it was some kind of morbid fascination to see if our own illustrious MP, David Miliband finally managed to stick the knife into Gordon’s back.
Then again, Iain Malcolm was probably hedging his bets by making sure he was present if his most hated advisory and the person who ousted him as the town’s Parliamentary candidate, managed to wrestle the leadership from Gordon – he couldn’t risk being left out in the cold once again!