BUt it does make me think that Novara might even be allowing themselves to be used as cover with this apology. The EI article seems to have evidence; a lot more evidence than was presented in the counter claims against Novara.
...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.