The decision of three Labour Councillors in Swansea to leave the official group and form their own non-aligned group is a serious blow to a party that is still struggling to come to terms with losing control of the Council five years ago.
There are now less than half the Labour Councillors on Swansea Council than there were in 1999 amid rumours that other Councillors might follow the trio out of the official group in weeks and months to come.
I am told that Labour’s reaction was to summon the remaining Councillors to appear one by one in front of the local Labour Party executive where they were asked to pledge their loyalty. This has not gone down well with many of them not least the Councillor who was asked to wait outside following his ritual debasement whilst party officers debated whether to believe him or not.
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Pledge their loyalty, they’ll be asking them to roll their trouser leg up next!