I see this story got onto BBC over the weekend - it was swamped out by the Mitchell thing the week the Guardian published it. Shapp's business just sounds so dodgy - not perhaps outright illegal, but certainly unethical I am amazed Cameron has given him this high profile role. Except that Shapps obviously talks a good talk!
Shapps was trying to say it was all a long time ago. I don't think 3 years is a long time really. ALso he was saying that nom de plume are normal for writers if business books. i don't think so. And there is a photo of him with a name badge at a conference - which is rather different to using a nom de plume.
July 23 Limerick (continuation of July 21)