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082	0	4	_a070.44932092 _222 _bWAL
100	1		_aWalker, Carole, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLobby life : _binside Westminster's secret society / _cCarole Walker.
246	3	0	_aInside Westminster's secret society
264		1	_aLondon : _bElliott and Thompson Limited, _c2021.
300			_axv, 334 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe unassuming brown laminated card issued to Westminster lobby journalists is a VIP pass to the heart of our political world, allowing reporters to roam the corridors of power, to collar MPs for a private word. As a Political Correspondent for the BBC, Carole Walker was a member of this exclusive club for more than twenty years, attending hundreds of Lobby briefings with a front-row seat for Alastair Campbell's The Thick of It-style pronouncements and hanging out with a succession of prime ministers -- always with an eye on the story. Drawing on interviews with former colleagues, politicians, spin doctors and critics of the system, as well as first-hand insight, Lobby Life tells the intriguing story of this highly secretive British institution from its conception to the present day. It exposes the battles at Downing Street to control the news agenda, including during some of most momentous stories in recent history. Through general elections, industrial strife, the EU referendum and the rise and fall of decades of governments, we witness the behind-the-scenes deals, the drama and debate, the resignations and the rows. In this no-holds-barred account of what really happens behind the closed doors of Westminster, Walker asks urgent questions about the role of the press today, when politicians can engage directly with voters via social media, bypassing journalists -- and accountability.
610	1	7	_aGreat Britain. _bParliament. _2BUEsh
650		7	_aWomen journalists _zGreat Britain. _2BUEsh
650		7	_aPress and politics _zGreat Britain. _2BUEsh
650		7	_aJournalism _xPolitical aspects _zGreat Britain. _2BUEsh
655			_vReading book
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