Politicians of all colours from deepest blue to deepest red feather their own nests before anyone elses. Part of being human I suppose.

I think history will treat Maggie Thatcher (going to aid of colony that had asked for help) far more kindly than it will treat Blair (illegal war and invasion of a country that was no direct threat to Britain or any part of the commonwealth) or Brown (spendthrift policies that deepen a recession and then saddle our grandchildren with a mountain of debt to spend even more in an attempt to buy us out of recession).