Tory wonk had his hand in the till

A Tory campaign manager spent tens of thousands of pounds of party money to buy himself a new IPhone and TV, a court heard today. James Thompson, 38, spent, withdrew and siphoned off £53,000 when employed as the Westminster North Conservative Association’s office manager between 2011 and 2015. He wrote cheques out to himself and bought himself an IPad, an IPhone, a TV and even used party funds to pay for his Christmas dinner. During the four year scam Thompson…