I feel sorry for the local Conservatives in their search for a new leader.
They must feel like someone who has been invited to a restaurant, only to find the only item on the menu is a 20-year-old piece of ham.
Take it or leave it - and do the washing up before you go.
-Michael Fisher, Brighton
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