  WHY ? WHAT WAS HIS PRICE ? IS HE JUST JOINING THEM BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE WINNING ?  Apprantly(this is NOT confirmed) they have offerd him a chair, which is an extra Â£7500 on top of his standard council wage. Apprantly there was a dispute about the BNP chair so he left. The Stoke Conservatives still need permission from main office from what I can tell.