Journalists aren’t ‘poached’ when they advance in their trade

A few weeks back I wrote about Conservative MP Kelly DeRidder claiming in a recent speech in the House of Commons that, after a spate of Conservatives crossed the floor, the recipient Liberals have been trying to poach Conservatives, including herself.I thought her claim was weak, since she did not name who approached her or anyone else in her party, and the story by Terry Newman was weaker still, as the writer asked none of the questions the story cried out for.Coincidentally there was another