DizzyD:
What I don't get though is the right trying to stamp out the right. Its a bit like the greens fighting with labour.
I think it's a power struggle for leadership of the Conservative Party, which (unaccountably) is something that Colin values. Colin's been ousted via a smear campaign exposing his supposed misbehaviour. Colin either didn't do it, or did do it and believes he's successfully covered it up. So now he wants his old job back, or, failing that, revenge on those who ousted him.
It's interesting/entertaining/illuminating that he thinks his reputation is worth $1.5 million.