Colin Hall is rarely lost for words – particularly on Twitter.

He raised a few eyebrows when he used his account to broadcast last week’s Labour AGM. But for the second round of selections he’s been carefully toeing the party line.

So what’s prompted him to turn over a new leaf? Could it be the recent installment of no-nonsense Barbara Potter as Labour chief whip, in place of laid-back Piara Singh Clair?

She’s a tough-talker, alright, and gave me the hairdryer treatment at Monday’s scrutiny meeting about a story in that day’s Mercury.

The fact that the story was entirely correct didn’t stop her trying to give me a stern dressing-down across the committee room.

Councillor Hall is right to be cautious…

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