Dances and balls are normally very showy affairs and the guests are expected to dress up and enjoy being on public display.
But not so at the Conservative Black and White Ball in Central London this week. Instead, the Tories treated the occasion like some secret meeting. Police and security guards patrolled outside to stop intruders.
Photographers were banned, and David Cameron himself arrived in a dark suit rather than the traditional dinner jacket and bow tie.
The reason for this furtiveness was simple - the ball was held to raise funds for the Tory Party. Of course, the issue of party donations is potentially explosive after the scandal of Tony Blair's cash-for-honours and the embarrassment over Shadow Chancellor George Osborne being accused of attempting to procure money from a Russian billionaire
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