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“This is a disastrous situation for the campaign”: Conservative agent to MP

This letter appears to be genuine (even if some of the surrounding rhetoric is as excitable as myself on discovering an unexpected chocolate festival). It is to the Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner, from his agent David Walker:

As you know, I have for some time been unhappy to continue as your nominated Election Agent, and have sought to resign from position. You have refused to accept my resignation…

I am seriously concerned about some significant anomalies and ambiguities relating to financial aspects of the campaign…

You still have not answered my question about who signed cheque number 100004 for £1956…

The endless deliberations about the content of literature – including the prolonged disputes with CCHQ on this matter – has made the timely preparation of literature almost impossible…

[You and your team] have seemingly failed to arrange with Royal Mail for election literature to be approved by and and provided to them for distribution in sufficient time. This consequence of this is a failure to make use of the entitlement to send a communication to every eligible elector in the Isle of Wight constituency…

This is a disastrous situation for the campaign to now be in…

To be treated in the manner in which I have is a shameful reflection on the way in which the Conservative Party – and you in particular – conducts itself.

Earlier in the year, both the then agent for Andrew Turner and his campaign manager both quit. Andrew Turner also survived a no confidence vote from his local party in January, which centered around similar allegations to those in the full letter.

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