Tag Archives: CCHQ

Tory HQ paid investigators to spy on sex lives of supporters

I've never voted Tory before

Today is the day that the hacking and privacy invasion scandal moved inside the Conservative Party. After news broke yesterday that a justice minister faces an official investigation over “blagging”, it has now been revealed that Tory HQ paid private investigators to spy on the private lives of its own supporters. The 2010 “I’ve never [...]

Quote of the week: CCHQ told me to do it edition

To have been a fly on the wall in Millbank when Zac Goldsmith trotted this out on Channel 4 News: “Every decision that we took was approved by election experts inside Central Office Conservative Party [sic], every single one of them.” But, teacher! CCHQ told me to do it!