In true Liberal Democrat style, the job of electing a prospective Parliamentary candidate for Henley has descended into chaos.

In the New Year, South Oxfordshire district councillor Susan Cooper was given the nod.

But then Boris decided he wanted to become mayor, so there will now be a by-election.

Oddly, the woman the Lib Dems originally chose has been replaced by Stephen Kearney Confused? You ought to be.

Asked if the situation seemed a little bizarre, Ms Cooper replied "maybe".

Is she cross? "I think cross is the wrong adjective", she said "but I am probably not meant to say anything to anyone about it."

We didn't think it would be long before Boris harboured ambitions of furthering his political career. But two weeks? Tory leader David Cameron has revealed he suspects fellow Oxfordshire MP Boris Johnson might be after his job.

He said: "I'm sure Boris always feels the sky is the limit."

Mr Cameron congratulated Mr Johnson on an "extremely strong" first fortnight in charge of the capital, and stressed he was "very focused on what he's doing in London" rather than on any wider political ambitions - "for the time being".

His comments came as a poll suggested Mr Johnson, who once likened his chances of becoming Prime Minister to "the chances of finding Elvis on Mars", is now more popular than his party leader.

You would have thought, being leader of Oxfordshire County Council for seven years, "Kaiser" Keith Mitchell would have developed something of a think skin.

Not so.

In fact, so infuriated is he that the media continues to publish stories about the activities of County Hall, he has created a so-called Chamber of Media Horrors on his personal website.

This, he claims, will highlight stories where "the truth has been distorted to create a headline".

As of tonight his damp, dark chamber was crammed full of, er, one story.

Coincidentally, the offending article concerned a top secret and controversial shortlist of sites where Oxfordshire's first waste burning incinerator could be built.

Mr Mitchell thinks it was leaked by someone at County Hall.

Perhaps that explains why it made it into his dungeon?

Tomorrow Labour takes control of the Town Hall... but for one lucky (or unlucky) member of the group it will mark the filling of a big pair of shoes.

Talk in the corridors of power has been mainly about which individual has been lined up to replace Jean Fooks as the city's waste collection punchbag.

Veteran Ms Fooks came in for a lot of criticism - some of it personal - during her two year stint as executive member for a cleaner city.

Let's hope whoever takes over has a similarly thick skin.