‘We never went home before 10pm’: 50 years of reporting on politics and power

Our chief political correspondent compares notes on the chaos, the glamour, the scoops, with her predecessor Julia Langdon

Lobby journalism is a constant battle of contradictions - and that's before you get to Boris Johnson.

On the one hand, it's a glamorous mix of receptions in Downing Street or the House of Commons terrace and flying on the prime minister's jet to Washington or Beijing.