Hard to believe that the fresh-faced boy I first saw standing in the Porter's Lodge of Brasenose College in 1985 is now the Prime Minister. I was a third year studying PPE, while he was a first year, but he showed none of the nervousness you'd expect from a fresher. On the contrary, he was as confident then as he is now. Not conceited, not even particularly cocky, just in possession of that bottomless self-assurance than characterises Old Etonians at Oxford. He had grown up in a benevolent universe and that was reflected in his sunny, optimistic disposition. (To read more, click here.)
