“She’s not my co-author.” “Sorry, researcher?” “She’s my collaborator.” I say he should shave her head for the book launch. I’m a writer, I’m not going to be frightened off a metaphor.” He pronounces it “metafer”, like the name of a gun or a private. It’s neutral in a party political sense, anyone can join, has a lot in common with Steve Hilton’s Crowdpac and relies ultimately on open primaries, in which non-affiliated voters can choose a candidate. So they either take over, Trump or Corbyn, a political party, move in and occupy it. But that it will happen, I am absolutely clear.”• Game of Spies: The Secret Agent, the Traitor and the Nazi by Paddy Ashdown is published by William Collins on 22 September.

Source: The Guardian September 16, 2016 10:07 UTC