In the months after the referendum, friends said he was sanguine about the situation. ‘The thing about David is, he’s a self-confident, secure person, and he doesn’t hold grudges, or sit awake at night,’ one friend said. ‘He’s more interested in what animal he’s going to shoot, or what claret he’s going to have for lunch, or where he’s going to shag Sam next! He’s not a political obsessive, which is one of his great strengths.’ When the former Israeli
