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Meet BBC’s ‘Mr Safe’: New political editor Chris Mason’s pals joke he’s been like a 50-year-old since he was a student, he once considered being a bus driver and still subscribes to his local Yorkshire paper

Mark My Words

After months of speculation about who would replace Laura Kuenssberg, Chris Mason’s promotion from a host on Radio 4 to BBC political editor seems to have taken many people by surprise – and the public outpouring of praise appears to have touched the born-and-raised Northerner. . Mail Online. Even he can’t quite explain.

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A call for a public inquiry into the impact of media and tech on democracy

Stephen Waddington

In fact, the quote “Lib Dems winning and on the up after by-election victory” was a claim made by party leader Jo Swinson in an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. The BBC licence fee deal is guaranteed beyond the life of the next Parliament to 2027. It was subsequently cited by The Guardian. (