Ken, a socialist? he has seen the light and the wisdom of the right!!
Keith - you never did explain who the Labour rebels are:
The minority (4) Labour Town councillors who opposed our excellent mayor and even had the poor grace (to put it as kindly as possible) to vote against a vote of thank to her.
Or
The larger number of Labour Councillors who voted for our Mayor.
It would be strange indeed if the rebels you refer to are the majority....