Sentences with phrase «for lobby journalists»

At this morning's No 10 briefing for lobby journalists, the spokesperson also suggested that Cameron will wear a poppy as he dines with President Xi Jinping - despite having previously offended Chinese officials by sporting the symbol.

Today marks the final professional responsibility for lobby journalists, who tend to enjoy the same holidays as politicians themselves.

Not exact matches

In my years of wandering its corridors and lobbies, of hanging about for late - night votes and dozing in committee rooms, I came to loathe British politics and to mistrust the special regiment of journalists (far too close to their sources) who write about it.

When I get a moment I'll write about the atmosphere among journalists here in the parliamentary lobby, but for now, let's see what happens in PMQs.

A lobby journalist separated from Westminster is like a Norwegian Blue parrot pining for the fjords.

Ruth Davidson took a hearty swipe at Andrea Leadsom as she sat down for lunch with lobby journalists.

Corbyn's performance was applauded by lobby journalists, with BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg calling it «his most effective for ages» and many others calling it a rare win for the Labour leader.

For once, the Labour leader chose to focus all six of his question on the same subject — and lobby journalists agreed that the approach had resulted in his best PMQs performance «for ages&raquFor once, the Labour leader chose to focus all six of his question on the same subject — and lobby journalists agreed that the approach had resulted in his best PMQs performance «for ages&raqufor ages».

His spokesman told lobby journalists that David Cameron «thinks that what newspapers publish is a matter for newspapers».

Read the news, sign up to the daily emails from leading lobby journalists (Paul Waugh's «Waughzone» for the Huffington Post is my favourite), have a dedicated Twitter list of lobby reporters, listen to Today, Today in Parliament and the Westminster Hour and skim through all your party's frontbench briefings and policy papers.

What actually happened was a cynical, but well executed spin exercise to kill the story and deflect attention on to the last Labour government — with Downing St spinners taking lobby journalists for patsies.

Mr Watson, who resigned as minister for digital engagement at the reshuffle, backs a call by the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, for a ban on anonymous briefings to lobby journalists, and calls for internet bloggers to be given the same access to Westminster as the lobby.

As Cameron spoke out, lobby journalists were reminded of Michael Fallon's attack on Ed Miliband for «stabbing his own brother in the back» during the general election.

If the Conservative party is a happy and harmonious ship throughout, then Damian Green did a good job of hiding it when he sat down for lunch with lobby journalists in parliament's Churchill Room.

Limbering up for a short speech, he told the assembled lobby journalists:

Slack is expected to replace Helen Bower in the civil service job, which includes holding the twice - daily lobby briefings for Westminster journalists.

With parliament due for substantial renovations in years to come, there have been suggestions that lobby journalists could be forced out the Palace of Westminster.

Cameron's team were alarmed that journalists had began to establish where the funding for Adam Werritty's lobbying activities had come from.

Just as lobby journalists were gearing up to describe Lawson as «the first Conservative politician to call openly for Hammond to be sacked», the Tory backbencher took to Twitter with a message for the press pack.

He rowed back on previous remarks suggesting ministers would have to resign if they wanted to campaign for Britain's exit from the EU by suggesting that lobby journalists had got the wrong end of the stick.

A couple of weeks ago, the conversation among a small group of lobby journalists perched at a Westminster bar (what is the proper term for such a group: a conspiracy?

This represents a change in stance for the leader's office, who on Friday were briefing selected lobby journalists that Phil Woolas political career «is over», as a result of the election court ruling.

A veteran political journalist for The Daily News was arrested Wednesday for violating a cellphone ban in the lobby of the New York state Senate, only to be quickly released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The petition calls on WTTG General Manger Patrick Paolini to fire Miller for spending «most of her career openly lobbying against the District's gun laws,» instead of avoiding political activities that undermine her independence and impartiality as a journalist.