From The Independent
"It had all been going so well until he sat down for lunch. On the final day of an otherwise successful US tour, the Prime Minister fell victim to some unfortunate timing yesterday when he found himself dining with Lloyd Blankfein, the controversial boss of Goldman Sachs, just 24 hours after one of the bank's senior directors denounced his employer as "toxic" and "destructive" in a public resignation letter.
Greg Smith's letter remained the talk of Wall Street as David Cameron lunched with Mr Blankfein – the head of the bank known as the "vampire squid" – along with a coterie of billionaire bankers and hedge fund managers at the New York Stock Exchange.
Unsurprisingly, no photographers found their names on the guestlist of one of the most problematic events Mr Cameron's media advisors have had to deal with during his time as Prime Minister.
Others who were in attendance, however, included George Soros, famed as "the Man Who Broke the Bank of England", along with the CEOs of Morgan Stanley, BlackRock and BlackStone."
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