Tories mired in drugs controversy

THE Tory leadership contest in Britain remained mired in a controversy over drugs last night, with one senior Tory claiming he was the victim of a “smear campaign”.

Meanwhile, leading contender David Cameron again side-stepped a challenge to state whether or not he used drugs during his university days after days of questioning over the issue.

The drugs controversy took a new twist after newspapers printed a picture of a youthful George Osborne with his arm around a woman described as a “cocaine-snorting hooker”.