Alfred Arkbuckle 76, a Labour supporter and worker throughout his life, new the end was coming as he lay poorly on his bed - and he summoned his best friends to his side, and asked them to hastily get him enrolled as a Conservative supporter, as soon as possible.
"But why?" asked his puzzled friends, "You're labour through and through… Why change now?"
The man learned forward and explained: "Well, I'd rather it was one of them that died and not one of us.
