Last night politicians and celebrities dined with the super-rich at the annual Tory Black and White ball. While press are banned from the event, Mr S managed to infiltrate the lavish do and bring readers a live-blog of the event. Alas the evening saw a downturn in David Cameron’s fortunes as his donors failed to dig as deep at the auction as in previous years.
Despite this the guests appeared to have a good time. Charlie Mullins — the founder of Pimlico Plumbers — says Cameron used his speech to lead from the front on Europe before urging everyone to rally around Zac Goldsmith for London mayor; ‘urging everyone to get out there and get him elected, least Sadiq Khan is allowed to sneak into City Hall and destroy all of Boris’s hard work with his Corbyn-inspired uber socialism’.
Here are a selection of photos from the event — thanks to the more publicity-friendly guests:
A look at the auction brochure
Cabinet ministers pose with Charlie Mullins, the founder of Pimlico Plumbers (Credit: Charlie Mullins)
Boris Johnson mingles with guests (credit: Charlie Mullins)
Inside the event
Zac Goldsmith discusses apprenticeships with Charlie Mullins at the ball (credit: Charlie Mullins)
Cameron works the room (Credit: Charlie Mullins)
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