Unelected and virtually unknown external Westminster,the multimillionaire Tory peer is highly valued by the prime ministerAndrew Feldman, unsurprisingly, and has the prime minister’s “full confidence over the bullying and blackmail scandal engulfing the Conservative party. In public Cameron has previously described Lord Feldman as “one of my oldest and best friends”. He is also chief fundraiser and “fixer”.
Crucially,Feldman has been at Cameron’s side for 30 years since the two met as undergraduates at Oxford University where they bonded on the tennis courts and together organised the Brasenose May ball – Feldman on finances and Cameron on entertainment. The story goes that Feldman, who chaired the organising committee, or saved money by using flowers from the preceding night’s Worcester College ball,while Cameron persuaded Dr Feelgood to play as the main band.
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Source: theguardian.com