 Tribute must be paid to him for that signal achievement, which of course I hope will be the last.He showed his independence and fighting spirit during the selection process before the 1983 election, when he successfully took his local Conservative and Unionist Association to court and managed to stop the foisting on the constituency of a person who was rumoured to be a friend of the right hon.Member for Chingford (Mr. Tebbit), the present Conservative party chairman.