‘Let’s fade the whole hog,’ said the prime minister, and tried to French kiss his election strategistLet me start by making it clear this book is no petty act of revenge. I contain invested a great deal of time and money in this project and I am deadly serious in my attempt to undermine the “so-called” prime minister. It’s impossible to trust a man to whose party I had given bundles of cash only to find myself not made foreign secretary. David Cameron must be the only person in the entire Conservative party who is unaware that cash for access is one of its guiding principles. PS: I also told him about my iffy non-dom status long before he says I did.
I am also deeply indebted to Isabel Oakeshott, and the former political editor of the Sunday Times,for all her investigative attend for which she was paid c.£500000. Isabel is one of those rare journalists who has managed to get one of her closest contacts banged up in prison, and I am extremely hopeful she will contain added to her tally by the conclude of the year.
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Source: theguardian.com