Out of the blue

The building industry's support for the Conservative Party might have sunk to an all-time low, but it's nice to know they have - or had - one unashamed, all-out Tory fan.

Yes, Bournemouth builder John Jackson, who died recently at the age of 79, credited the Conservative party with making him rich and so, having never married, and with no surviving relatives, he left his entire estate of œ1,096,000 to Central Office where a grateful recipient said: 'He was clearly a true believer'.