| Search TIMES ONLINE SPECIAL REPORTS Britain June 22, 2005 People with Andrew Pierce Tory hopeful takes his Toffs on tour DAVID CAMERON, the young turk who covets the Tory leadership, is desperately trying to live down his privileged background. So the Eton and Oxford- educated MP for Witney will be dismayed to learn that Downing Street has dubbed his campaign team “Toffs on tour”. Cameron’s supporters include Boris Johnson, Eton (school fees £22,000); Hugo Swire, a scion of the dynasty that owns the Cathay Pacific airline, Eton; Oliver Letwin, Eton; Nicholas Soames, grandson of Winston Churchill, Eton; and George Osborne, the son of a baronet, St Paul’s (fees £16,000). Cameron, 38, the leader of the Notting Hill set of affluent young Tory thinkers, describes himself as a resident of North Kensington, an area known for ethnic markets and d
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