I think you're probably right there, Cllr, about "Tory Boy" being a front, designed to make people vote Labour.

Mind you, if I saw Michael Howard for the first time, I think I'd be inclined to think the same of him...

I'm glad to see you stick to name "Tory" - I gather the party line now is that it should be abandoned. I imagine that's an idea that will be dropped after Thursday, along with Michael Howard and a lot of other things.