Political mystery

[jenkat1]

Who is the Conservative MP who went to Eton, Oxford, was in the SAS, and to fund political aspirations, bought a gold mine, which was taken over by a military coup. He got onside with the local government, & when they regained power he got his money back. Was in the Times about 2 years ago. It is not Simon Mann.

[Gromit]

Possibly...

Sir Stephen Hastings

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2005/01/11/db1101.xml