A jolly, revealing story about David Cameron in this week's Spectator. Toby Young — he of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People — was two years above Cameron at Brasenose College, Oxford. They've only met once since:
It was at the Daily Telegraph's Great Britons awards in 2006 and Cameron was the keynote speaker. After he stepped off the stage, to rapturous applause, I caught his eye and he made a beeline for my table. 'Probably going to tell me how much he enjoyed my book,' I said to my wife.
In fact he had a different purpose in mind. 'I just thought you ought to know that Brasenose has made me an honorary fellow,' he said, before disappearing into the crowd.
Young, who was recalling recalling it (if you see what I mean) at a Brasenose reunion dinner for his year, said the story brought the house down.
