Derek Thomas promises to pay his taxes

The prospective Conservative MP for St Ives, Mr Derek Thomas, says he ‘will meet his own tax liabilities’ should he be elected at the general election. This promise  to pay his taxes like the rest of us is made in the St Ives Conservative party’s ‘West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly News’  leaflet that recently cluttered up my letter box.

So, the long shadow of Lord Ashcroft reaches even as far as the  St Ives Constituency.