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Article: CAMERON'S [pounds sterling]300m SIGNING; ZAC GOLDSMITH: WOULD-BE MP, BROTHER OF JEMIMA KHAN AND MULTIMILLIONAIRE (ALTHOUGH NOW FACING ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE DIVORCE SETTLEMENTS IN HISTORY). HE CLAIMS HE'S INCORRUPTIBLE AND WANTS TO TEACH THE TORIES HOW TO SAVE THE PLANET - BUT IS HE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE?(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2009
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Byline: WORDS BY COLE MORETON
Zac Goldsmith is good-looking enough to be in the movies. Tall and lean, he has the steely eyes and sandy hair of a young Robert Redford. Right now, though, I would cast him as the character in the first five minutes of a horror film who smiles and says, 'I've never felt more alive.'
That's when you know something really nasty is about to happen.
I get the same feeling as I listen to Goldsmith talk about trying to become an MP. The wealthy 34-yearold environmentalist has lent credibility to David Cameron's attempt to turn the Conservative Party green - but today, as he smokes roll-ups in a quiet, airy room ...