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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason and Aubrey Allegretti

Kwasi Kwarteng: an Eton tough nut with legendary self-confidence

Kwasi Kwarteng
Kwasi Kwarteng ‘was never remotely interested in other people’s point of view’, said a former minister. Photograph: Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto/Allstar

In recent years, Bill Gates held a roundtable discussion to which Kwasi Kwarteng was invited as a senior minister.

The billionaire was hosting the meeting, surrounded by high-profile guests. But according to observers, when Kwarteng turned up, he began to act as if he was the one in charge of the meeting “offering his opinion on everything” and “lecturing” Gates about the businessman’s own expert subject. It was “bizarre and embarrassing” to watch, according to one person with knowledge of the episode.

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