Shapps has form for defending the indefensible of course. Here's why he was previously made to resign for those who missed it.
Shapps appointed a man called Mark Clarke to run a Tory youth wing campaign called 'Road Trip'. He admitted Clarke was 'a difficult man but who got results'.
One of these results was the suicide of another young Tory called Elliott Johnson. Johnson was bullied by Clarke, and subsequently left his head and his body separated on a railway line in Sandy, Bedfordshire.
Shapps was made aware of the bullying allegations well before Johnson's death and did nothing about them. For this he eventually resigned 2 months after Johnson's death. He got an £8,000 pay off all the same. He admitted no responsibility but reluctantly said "the buck has to stop somewhere".
He was back in high government less than 4 years later.
Death and misery are nothing to these cunts.