Is the Tory party becoming the vehicle for a rootless, amoral global financial community with little loyalty to country or even to great business? I ask, in part, because of the character of the guest list at their parties.
Last year, the venue for the Tory summer fundraising dinner was the old Billingsgate fish market, this year a grand private members' club. Russian property developers, a Greek shipping tycoon, an Iranian investment banker, a Slovenian private equity magnate, Bermudan and Dubai-based financiers mingled with a medley of their British counterparts and stars of the Tory party. Guests worth together a cool £11bn were gathered to be tapped for cash, a skill at which the party has become a dab hand.
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