Sorry Bridge, no offence, but you are not saying anything about Tories, you are saying things about Ministers and the working of government. It is seedy, odious and wrong, but it is not a trait of being a Tory, it is a trait of being dazzled by the system and walking blindly or otherwise into the stiffy that power gives you.

Bliar and Broon had Ministers who could fit into your cut and paste posts above, just change the names and portfolios.