Chris Mason

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4,931 appearances 49 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 4d ago

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Newscast · How Did Andy Burnham Do In His First PMQs? · 2 Sep 2026 podcast

That's why there's an investigation. matched

is the crux of this, isn't it? matched

Because maybe you were seeking advice from the wrong people, because you were seeking the advice of lawyers, but this is the political sphere. matched

Because plenty of MPs say, look, if we can declare stuff because the rules suggest if in doubt declare it, then then so should Nigel Farrell. matched

that's profound and it is significant, but it's not the question, is it? matched

The question is whether or not you should have declared the money. matched

It's really interesting, I think. matched

So but firstly that complainant society idea. matched

I think that's worth a sort of unpicking. matched

And you know, and because he was making a observation about reform and the scrutiny that they and he faces, but he was making a wider societal point as well. matched

That that we as individuals, you know, have perhaps a greater capacity than we've ever had to complain. matched

And to grumble and all the rest of it. matched

And there are complaints procedures, whether it's with a local authority or whoever it might be, a private sector entity as as well. matched

And a question about, there's a question, isn't there, for a newscaster to pose about whether that has been a broadly welcome development in ensuring that institutions, whatever they are, can be more properly scrutinized, or whether it's gone too far. matched

And the extent to which it can gum up institutions when a million and one complaints come and you're trying to pick the uh as some might see it, the legitimate ones from the uh illegitimate ones. matched

In the politics of the argument he's making, you know, as you got a sense of there, he thinks there's this sort of ecosystem that has grown up around the big two Westminster Party, La Labour and the Conservatives, over the last matched

you know, best part of a century, um, where he feels, but he he says it extends beyond party politics, although he didn't want to name any other institutions, that there is a collective sense of fright about the prospect of a reform government and therefore a collective desire uh for people to sort of chip away at them, throw stones at them, leak stuff about them, um, etc., etc. matched

Now I suggested to him, you know, is this it's a bit of a conspiracy theory. matched

Theory, a suggestion that they're all colluding, you know, they're all working together. matched

Is this not really sort of what scrutiny looks like when you are a prospective party of uh government? matched

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