Complex sentence: When Blond first met Glasman it was the Tory who was much more well known within Westminster--the two became friends and Blond was pleased to help raise Glasmans profiles as the two had partially overlapping ideas.
Split into simpler sentences: When Blond first met Glasman it was the Tory who was much better known within Westminster. The two became friends and Blond was pleased to help raise Glasman's profile as the two had partially overlapping ideas.