Possible Clues:

• Cabinet member sat in for me and set it out
• Trite manifesto�s concocted by member of government
• One in government rewriting trite manifestos
• Government official's rewritten trite manifestos
• The Tories manifest troubles and he resigns? Rarely!
• Trite manifesto's rewritten by member of government
• Suspect Times often right to cover case of absent member of Government
• Government official having set-to remains fit surprisingly
• Prominent politician, one Times at first rubbished
• Senior politician in torment if seat is unsafe