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Don Porter in today's Telegraph: a must read for every Conservative

"Every year at conference" writes Don Porter in today's Telegraph, "Margaret Thatcher spent two hours receiving cheques from local treasurers.  No amount was too small for a personal thank-you: a £50 cheque from a small branch in the Welsh Valleys was received with the same gratitude as £25,000 from a wealthy association in Surrey."

Doesn't that conjure up a wonderful image? 

A picture of humility and patience.  Politeness combined with accountability.  Nothing flash harry about it.

Don is a highly respected volunteer within the party.  I don't agree with everything he has written.  For example, I happen to think he is wrong about open primary selection, which if the party were to run properly could transform our prospects in many supposedly "unwinnable" seats. 

Yet Don's years of quiet, devoted service show that he has the Conservative party's best interests at heart.  He has more than earned the right to be heard.

Every member of the wider conservative family would do well to read what he has written and reflect. 

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