Chris Mason
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BBC Political Editor. Watch https://t.co/2IfRZaef0z Listen https://t.co/hQ7f47Llcy Read https://t.co/6LRltyeZ27
5mins from where I need to be
Joined March 2009
One of the very best storytellers in television news — a master packager and writer — best wishes to you, Joe
‘Even the best things come to an end’ Thank you for watching, for listening and for caring.
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As we sayour farewells to James Whale, enjoy here an hour alone with him, as he reflects on his life. #radiomoments
https://t.co/Nv3toKj6L3
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What happens in the mind of #bbcnewscast presenters @adamfleming & @ChrisMasonBBC when the other one is talking and they can't get a word in? Check out this footage from my studio @BBCRadio2
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📻Starmer's Stormy Year airing on @BBCRadio4 today at 11:00📻
STARMER'S STORMY YEAR A new @BBCRadio4 programme by me and @lealapad, available now on @BBCSounds From winter fuel to welfare, tax to Trump - I've been speaking to insiders from the PM down to uncover the real story of the past 12 months https://t.co/aZywocaDEl
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Well that was the plan…but having gone to bed on the sleeper in Glasgow, we woke up…in Glasgow! Tree down on the line, we were told. There are currently no trains out of Glasgow on the West Coast Mainline.
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Featuring me, with @adamfleming @ChrisMasonBBC and @MattChorley Newscast - Local Electioncast: The Preview - BBC Sounds
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What can we watch out for in next week’s local elections?
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‘Bradford, Brass & The Beatles’ — what a brilliant listen from @tonyblackburn @BBCRadio2 @BBCLeeds just now
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Read the story here @BBCNews:
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The Reform UK leader calls behaviour of suspended MP "disgusting" in WhatsApp messages seen by the BBC.
Another twist in bitter Reform row- Nigel Farage called behaviour of suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe "disgusting" and "contemptible" in private WhatsApp messages seen by the BBC. More from me and @ChrisMasonBBC online in a sec - Chris will have the full story on @BBCPM
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Another twist in the noisy & angry Reform UK spat -- now the lawyer appointed to independently investigate elements of it goes public: read more here @BBCNews:
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Comments attributed to the senior lawyer by the Great Yarmouth MP in his defence have been denied by her.
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Flattered to be among such a castlist -- thank you
This year’s #PagefieldAwards2025 nominees for ‘Political Journalist of the Year’: @MrHarryCole @PippaCrerar @BethRigby @cazjwheeler @christopherhope @ChrisMasonBBC The winner will be announced on 18th March. Stay tuned! Sponsored by: @MessageSpace, INP Media, & @Poli_Monitor
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On your @bbc5live today @labourlewis on Dodds @AndyBurnhamGM on the north @ChrisMasonBBC on the White House @mattforde on Trump's comedy Plus: The Politics of... the Oscars, the pay of world leaders and the youngest ever speech in the Commons https://t.co/oQs6x7Mfer
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Analysis of Keir Starmer's meeting with Donald Trump. Plus the politics of the Oscars.
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And we have also investigated the Chancellor's expenses when she worked for Halifax Bank of Scotland, before becoming an MP:
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BBC News has learnt that there was an expenses investigation into Rachel Reeves, and two other senior managers, when she worked at HBOS.
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NEW The Chancellor changes her CV again, after BBC investigation: https://t.co/qURHRcdE0O
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The BBC has established the Chancellor left the Bank of England nine months earlier than she states in her LinkedIn profile.
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On your @bbc5live from 2pm 📰@ChrisMasonBBC on the news ❌Factor panel: @HarrietHarman and Michael Fallon 🇺🇸@SebGorka on Trump’s first day back in the Oval Office 🖌️@breeallegretti on No10 makeover 🏴🇯🇵@AnnBremenda on @AmbJapanUK’s singing
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Including the health minister telling @ChrisMasonBBC and me that the government will pay GP’s £20 a time to not send someone to hospital #BBCNewscast
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PM attacks those “spreading lies” on grooming gangs.
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New Year, new start. Apply to join the team making BBC Breakfast and the BBC News at One at Media City in Salford. Applications close January 5th 2025. https://t.co/w1nhYW9qC5
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Our Interview of the Year finalists are: Newscast: Interview with Sir Keir Starmer (BBC) Political Currency: Interview with Michael Gove (Persephonica) The News Agents: Interview with Eylon Levy (Global)
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Our Presenter of the Year finalists are: - Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart The Rest is Politics (Goalhanger) - Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, Jess Phillips Electoral Dysfunction (Sky) - Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssburg, Adam Fleming, Paddy O’Connell Newscast (BBC) -
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I’ll be on Newscast on BBC1 at 23.40 with @ChrisMasonBBC and @adamfleming discussing Starmer, milestones, missions and all that - plus Out and my old mate Michel Barnier. Fun chat. Tune in!
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Analysis of Louise Haigh's rapid - and to many in Labour, surprising - resignation, by @ChrisMasonBBC and me
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Keir Starmer is under scrutiny after the rapid departure of the transport secretary from his cabinet.
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