Massive swing to the left on Somerset Levels
The latest Mori poll suggests over 300 sheep have gone into Labour on fields near Muchelney this week, just 6 weeks before the general election.
Eye-witnesses say dozens of newborn lambs have been seen doing impressions of Harold Wilson and there are now concerns the politicisation of the countryside is spreading: last night at least 8 dirty stinking weasels were spotted impersonating Tony Blair.
Local shepherd Zach Holdsworth - pictured above on his first job in 1995 - says his flock has even formed a trade union with 40 of them refusing to graze the new Thorney flood defences today.
Local shepherd Zach Holdsworth - pictured above on his first job in 1995 - says his flock has even formed a trade union with 40 of them refusing to graze the new Thorney flood defences today.
A spokesman for the Thorney flock, pictured, says they'll also be boycotting the lawns at The Kelways Inn which he claims are littered with "dodgy underground cables"