Article: Leading the way back to Labour; ECHO writer PADDY SHENNAN talks to the man aiming to put Labour back in charge on Liverpool city council.(News)

PEOPLE haven't merely tried to pigeon-hole the new leader of Liverpool's Labour group - they've tried to put him in a dog kennel.

``I have been described as a Labour Rottweiler,'' Cllr. Joe Anderson told me, with a smile rather than a bark.

``But Rottweilers are friendly - until they are riled!''

So should the shaven-headed, but unshaven-faced politician come with a `Beware Of The Dog' warning?

``If by `Labour Rottweiler', people mean I will stand up for elderly people's services and young people's rights and that I speak out for the ...

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