The political world is engulfed with Tory sleaze scandals. David Cameron has been accused of using his connections with ministers for favours, and Boris Johnson (or “Major Sleaze“) is refusing to answer who paid for his swanky Downing Street refurb to get rid of Theresa May’s “John Lewis nightmare”.
And now the tide has run from the Palace of Westminster to the Wills Memorial Building. Bristol Uni’s very own Tory society is consumed in its own model-village sleaze scandal, as members wage war over effectively meaningless “life patronages” of the Bristol Uni Conservative Association (BUCA).
Jude D’Alesio, a Tory councillor candidate for Clifton Down in the Bristol local elections next week, has been forced into renouncing his lifetime patronage of the Bristol Uni Tory outpost after selecting and nominating himself for the honour.