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...McQueen, Vanessa Beecroft and Yeezy creator Kanye West, or Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton....
...Sir Adrian Beecroft, the Conservative donor and venture capitalist specialist, is also part of the leaders’ club....
...It is led by a presiding “quad” of ministers – David Cameron, George Osborne, Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander – who were reared on the bloodless managerialism of the 1990s and remain almost physically allergic...
...Alexander Ehmann, of the Institute of Directors, said the move was a “welcome step in the right direction” because companies facing problems had to be able to restructure swiftly....
...The Tories and Lib Dems clashed over the issue, ultimately rejecting the so-called Beecroft proposals in favour of a compromise....
...A Treasury official added: “As the chancellor and Danny Alexander have said, it’s a relentless focus on the economy, and the consequence of that is we’re looking at lots of things.”...
...Mr Cable boasted that he had “seen off the head bangers who want a hire and fire culture and seem to find sacking people an aphrodisiac” – a reference to those on the Tory right who supported the Beecroft...
...Danny Alexander, Treasury chief secretary, joked last week that instead of detonating bombs around Whitehall, Mr Hilton might have marked his final day by “bringing a cake”....
...A different account goes as far as saying that it was Letwin (with Danny Alexander) who came up with the original proposals, rather than Lansley himself....
...Mr Beecroft, Mr Sharp and Mr Nash are Tory donors, and some of them have been on good terms with Mr Osborne for some time....
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