"lobby correspondent" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lobby correspondents [plural]
Etymology: So called from journalists who were given access to the private members' lobby in the House of Commons, later becoming a more generic term for all such journalists in Parliament. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lobby correspondent (plural lobby correspondents)
  1. (UK) A journalist who reports on political and parliamentary affairs, especially through unattributed sources from politicians or other government officials. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-lobby_correspondent-en-noun-cTcVdJMw Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004 July 19, Charlie Whelan, New Statesman, Don't believe it: \"Blair declares war – on Gordon Brown\", page 26:",
          "text": "Another paper reported that the GMB's decision to cut back the cash it gives to the Labour Party was all down to Gordon Brown. The evidence for this was that a lobby correspondent saw the GMB boss, Kevin Curran, talking to Douglas Henderson MP, a Brown supporter, on the Commons terrace bar. The hack probably didn’t even realise that Doug was a GMB member.",
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