The BIG secret missing from Dave’s memoir

THE political stench surrounding David Cameron’s lobbying efforts on behalf of Greensill Capital grows stronger by the day. New evidence at the weekend reveals attempts by the former PM to influence Boris Johnson’s Government.

In addition to a text message to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Cameron is reported to have emailed a senior special adviser at No 10, and to have lobbied four senior ministers.

This includes organising a ‘private drink’ with health Secretary Matt hancock, Lex Greensill, the now disgraced Australian founder of the firm, and Cameron himself.

Cameron, an adviser to Greensill Capital, had allegedly boasted to friends that his share options would make him $60million after the company was valued at $7 billion in 2020. The specialist lender collapsed last month, threatening 55,000 jobs worldwide and 5,000 UK steel jobs.

Last month, Cameron was cleared by a watchdog assessing whether he engaged in lobbying for which he should have registered, but demands for an inquiry are growing in the wake of the latest developments.

So it is intriguing to explore what Dave had to say about Greensill in his memoirs, and especially of the highly unusual move made when he was prime minister to give Lex Greensill a desk in the Cabinet Office.

The answer is . . . nothing. There is no mention of Greensill in the 732 pages of For The Record. The book was published in 2019 when Cameron thought he was still in line for a bumper payout one day. Could it be he didn’t want to draw unhelpful attention to the Greensill connection?