Chris Mason

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5,320 appearances 50 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Chris Mason’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Newscast · Keir Starmer Resigns (Again) · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

If you like in the more negative column, and no doubt some of this would be thrown in his direction by some. matched

is well, an element of the argument we've heard from uh James Cleverley, the former shadow cabinet member for the Conservatives who wants to be the Conservatives candidate for the Mayor of London contest that comes the year after next, who was making an argument that in his view, Andy Burnham was anti London, given that he focuses a lot on the on Manchester and the northwest of England, and here comes a very prominent matched

tussle for a Westminster seat in the heart of the in the heart of the capital. matched

And I think that exact observation, which i is very true, i is an important one in h in how we wrestle with this whole business of him saying one thing then and saying something else now. matched

And and clearly he's you know, he he's he he's the as his critics have already labelled it, it's a U turn. matched

However, I think matched

newscasters who appreciate subtlety and nuance. matched

Th there's a there are s there are there are occasions in public life and in politics where it is not matched

sustainable realistically to occupy a position that is neither black nor white. matched

In other words, sometimes you have to matched

Keep saying something is white until the point that you say it is black. matched

Because if you say something in between, you have effectively moved anyway from one position to the other. matched

So had he answered now, he may have genuinely changed his mind over the summer, or he may have been sort of thinking, I don't know yet, or or maybe he's just thought, you know, he couldn't you know, back then when he was talking to Henry, if he had said anything other than yes. matched

Yes, I'm sticking around. matched

You are effectively saying that you're going. matched

Because if you sound if you if you're equivocal matched

Well, hang on a minute, what does that say about your c your commitment to your constituents and your willingness to carry out? matched

Oh, oh, so you're you're toying with going then. matched

So I mean you've effectively checked out. matched

You know, that's where the line of questioning would go if you equivocated. matched

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