Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Cam dine with me

EX-PM charges Chinese tycoons £12,000 each for dinner & selfie

- BY ANDREW GREGORY Political Editor

DAVID Cameron is charging business bosses £12,000 for dinner and a selfie in China, according to a social media ad.

The flyer for the Shanghai Internatio­nal Ball and Leaders’ Forum has a picture of the ex-pm and a price in Chinese renminbi.

The revelation came as the ex-pm prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in his new role leading a government­backed investment initiative.

Mr Cameron is in charge of a £750million fund to improve transport links between China and its trading partners. As PM he hosted President Xi on a 2015 state visit to the UK in which they were famously pictured having a beer in a Buckingham­shire pub.

The inn became so popular with Chinese tourists it was sold to Chinese investors.

The ex-pm has raked in £120,000 for speeches about Brexit since leaving office.

A spokesman said the ad was part of “confusing” promotiona­l material connected to his appearance at a women’s business forum. He declined to comment on the price tag. THIS glum-looking monkey looks positively bored by all the attention as it stares down a camera lens.

Then the Japanese macaque appears to open its mouth and eyes in bewilderme­nt – or exasperati­on

Danish wildlife biologist Mogens Trolle, 49, took the photo at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Japan.

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PHOTO OP Former PM on brochure for the Ball

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