HARRY COLE is the award-winning Political Editor of The Sun. Twice winner of Scoop of the Year, he has been reporting from the heart of Westminster for more than a decade. JAMES HEALE writes for The Spectator and edits the Tory bible's gossip column. He has undertaken extensive biographical and investigative research during six years on Fleet Street.
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