This story was interviewed on 30/09/2009 evening
A new book was launched at the Cobden Club, near Westbourne Park last night by co-authors Chris Horrie and David Matthews.
"True Blue, Strange Tales from a Tory Nation" was not born in an 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.
When speaking with some of the guests invited to the book launch night, 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.”
Back at the end of the 2004, David and Chris found the political campaigns and election processes were extremely fascinating. The pair even imagined to create 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.
Back at the end of the 2004, David and Chris found the political campaigns and election processes were extremely fascinating. The pair even imagined to create 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.
David also admitted it was a challenging experience working with the other author to produce the same book. He said: “we were fighting all the time, it was so hard for both of us narrating the book in a consistent tone. It is worse than being married. ”
The book was eventually depicted by Chris Horrie only, purely for consistency reason, David said.
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.
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