David Cameron’s former director of strategy Steve Hilton is in town this week to promote his new book More Human. Mr S was a guest at the book launch in East London where Cameron was serenaded by a violinist while George Osborne and Ed Vaizey raised a glass in celebration of the tome.
In his speech, Hilton couldn’t help but offer his own verdict on the election, making sure to pay tribute to his former boss:
‘I am very happy to say welcome Prime Minister. I think the real reason this book is helpful to the Prime Minister is that he can actually say “see, see what I had to put up with all those years”.’
While Cameron looked on fondly, Hilton proceeded to make a gentle dig at fellow strategist Lynton Crosby, joking about the number of emails he had received begging for him to help bring the Tories more positive election coverage.
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