Lib Dem leader Gareth Epps has denied falling victim to triumphalism after the Lib Dem budget was passed by Reading Borough Council.
Speaking at the Retreat public house, he told the assembled press: "Kier Hardy! Neil Kinnock! Harold Wilson! Jim Callaghan! Clement Attlee! Aneurin Bevan! Tony Blair! Gordon Brown - can you hear me, Gordon Brown! Your boys took one hell of a beating! Your boys took one hell of a beating!"