SIR - I was intrigued by Mike Foster's comment regarding the donation, legit by accounts received, by the Conservatives from a Texan businessman.

How strange this was the same day his party appoint a long standing insider' as general secretary following a secret ballot.

Mr David Pitt Watson replaces Mr Watt who, to jog Mr Foster's memory, resigned following inquiries into £650,000 of alleged donations. E W TAYLOR, Redditch