True Blue co-author says it is worse being married (second copy)

Newly edited one:

A new book was launched at the Cobden Club, near Westbourne Park, last night by co-authors Chris Horrie and David Matthews.

Writing "True Blue, Strange Tales from a Tory Nation" was no easy ride. Two left leaning journalists - a white and a black – joined Tory campaigns and pretended to be party members just for narrating what the Tory Nation is all about.

David admitted co-authoring was a challenging experience. “We were fighting all the time, it was so hard for both of us narrating the book in a consistent tone,” he said, “it is worse than being married.

As a result of such problems, Chris Horrie, eventually wrote the book alone.

Despite their differences, the pair were fascinated by the Tories. Back in 2004, the political campaigns and election processes made such an impression on them that they even imagined creating their own political party. Eventually they joined the Tory campaigns and attended meetings, from where they got to know people's attitudes, mentality and political thinking.

Some guests showed confidence in David's work. Damien Wilson from Islington said: “I have read David's other books and really enjoyed them. The author is good at putting himself into the picture, though fundamentally he is outside of the story.”

When talking about how their journalistic background help them write a book, David said it is good for being a writer starting from a journalist, because you have got lots of skills already.