A very naughty councillor, who is clearly a fan of Channel 4′s Countdown, got in touch last night.

He’d spotted that the name of the Lib Dem candidate in tonight’s Castle by-election is (almost) a coalition-themed anagram.

Troy Lavers becomes Tory Slave. Almost.

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