It is a term often used in political circles, referring to officials who form a Velcro-like attachment to leaders at events or on the road, sticking to the leaders everywhere they go in the hope of turning up next to them in newspapers or on television.
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Next: Before coming on my attachment to a City law firm, I spent a year at Strasbourg University.