More on the Spelthorne Primary

I’ve been so grateful for all the emails and phone calls saying how well organised and successful was Spelthorne’s primary election last Friday night.
Even though it went on so long, and people were checking their watches, no one was anxious to get home, and all but eight stayed to the end to hear Kwasi Kwarteng’s victory speech. I know he was gobsmacked.
Being at the heart of the organisaton, and conscious of the things that didn’t quite go to plan – none of which actually mattered – made it hard to judge people’s satisfaction.
For instance we need to check the figures, but it looks like Party members were outnumbered two to one.
Now that’s what I call an open primary.