A Spinless Hedgehog

A Spinless Hedgehog

Mystery surrounds Reading Labour Party's latest attempts to stop being wiped out in Reading East after a spineless hedgehog called Spud was discovered hiding away at the Newtown Neighbourhood Action Group and with the Redlands NAG moving their attention into Park ward, a determined attempt to hang onto one of their last remaining seats looks imminent, but the fate of the spineless hedgehog rests in the balance.

A spokesperson for the hedgehog rescue charity Mrs. Tiggywinkles told us: "We don't know if she was born like this or it was a problem that developed later in life. Most hedgehogs start off with principles, like opposition to the Iraq War, tuition fees, union rights but they tend to lose them by the handful as they desperately try to hang onto power.

"The fear is that come the next election it would get too hot for her, so we can't risk releasing her to the voters. We need someone with more punch.

"Funnily enough we've got a bald squirrel in too, called 'Howie'. Used to come from these parts as well, but he couldn't cope with the traffic so he went in to hibernation just before the last local elections. It may not be a squirrel, it's so hard to tell without any hair, but he does seem to have surrounded himself with nuts."