Ex BBC media pundit to fight Boris’s patch

OXFORDSHIRE Conservatives have this evening chosen ex BBC broadcaster and International business pundit to fight the Party corner in the by-election caused by the ‘elbowing out’ of Boris Johnson as the sitting MP for Henley.
Cllr Dr. John M Howell OBE, Cabinet Member of Oxfordshire County Council, won in a run-off with County Council Leader, Ann Ducker, after the third candidate, John Cotton, went out in the first round.

Spokesman, Mike Welply, tonight described John Howell as “very personable, media savvy and yet a man with the common touch – a working class boy who went to grammar school and worked his way up in the world.”
He added: “I’m sure he will do a sterling job in taking over the reigns from Boris.”

Mike Welply, former Conservative Thame Town Councillor and a District Councillor who lost his seat in the 2006 local elections, also revealed that he himself will be standing in the local by-election in Thame on July 10, as will fellow Conservative, Mr Cliff Baker, of Coombe Hill Crescent, in Thame.