Efraim Halevy: No, no, no! First of all he [Smiley] was not based on me. Secondly, I met him [le Carré] only once briefly. So I’m sure he’d never remembered me.

This was shocking, because state judges never quit, especially with no pension in the works, and now Darnbrough is out, O-U-T. (No smiley face for him.) ...