The party chairman, Eric Pickles, was on the patch today.
Between visits to the Anglesey Sea Salt Company and a community project in Rhyl, he enjoyed a hurried working sandwich lunch speaking to activists in Holywell. Naturally, he was asked about the expenses issue.
“I may be naïve,” mused Eric, in a Bradford accent as rich as black pudding, “but before all this started, I’d never heard the expression ‘flipping’.
“Where I come from, the word ‘flipping’ is usually followed by the word ‘heck’.”
Mr Pickles is a star!