Twhy did he blame all of parliament, including himself, for allowing the slave trade to continue, rather than specifically blaming only those who supported the trade?

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.