COUNTY council leader Ian Hudspeth spared us a lovely image when he tweeted about A-Level results last week.

The top Tory responded to a request from former Observer political editor Gaby Hinsliff for people who “flunked” their A-Levels but still had a career.

The journalist had said: “...if you flunked A-Levels but yr career still worked out fine, now’s the time to tweet it. Pref while jumping in a short skirt, obv.”

Thankfully Mr Hudspeth replied: “Gaby no short skirt for me!

He added: “I didn’t do well in my A-Levels and look what’s happened to me!”

A-Level students now know what their life could become if they don’t pull their finger out.

WE all know casework is important to hard-working constituency MPs, and no one takes it as seriously as Henley MP John Howell .

The Tory politician informs every constituent in an automatic response to all emails to leave them in no doubt about that.

One Oxford Mail reporter received the response, which gives a list of just how much hard work Mr Howell has been doing.

It said: “I will answer your email as soon as I am able. I do not, however, answer emails in date order. I answer them in the order of the seriousness and immediacy of the issue they raise.

“Individual cases referred to me can include life and death situations, helping people and especially young people get the treatment they need for serious illness, dealing with important issues for pensioners and even recently working to prevent the risk of female genital mutilation.”

The Insider suspects he may not hear from Mr Howell for some time...

CLEVER kids had the measure of local bobbies who visited their school. Pcsos Fran Stafford and Josh Lee visited SS Philip and James School, in Oxford at the beginning of July.

Children were asked to complete a questionnaire on what they think the police do.

And one bright child said police “stick their noses into people’s business”.

Now even our children are complaining about the “Nanny state” of Great Britain...

LABOUR city councillors enjoyed a drink or two together last weekend...or maybe it was more than two.

Councillor Mike Rowley drank “too much whisky” and he was late for a canvassing trip the next day.

In true honest political fashion, Cllr Rowley kept his followers reliably informed on Twitter.