Blagging his way into the snootiest public school is just Winston Wright's first step towards becoming the most powerful man in Britain.

Getting close to cabinet minister Sir Giles Lushington, who happens to be the school bully's dad, Winston becomes the Prime Minister's favourite monopoly partner - just as the whole cabinet is busted for bribes from dodgy Arab Sheik Al Yamani.

The Sheik soon turns out to be a front for the mysterious Brigham Hope, who, Winston's cunning snooping reveals, is helping Sir Giles into the PM's job and in return expects to get their hands on Paradise Island, the site of a fabulous mineral that can provide unlimited energy for the entire world...