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Politics Editor Chris Mason. Interview of the Year. Desert Island Discs with Ronnie Wood

Andrea Catherwood talks to political editor Chris Mason about political coverage on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ audio, and a listener picks an interview with an asylum seeker as their best of the year.

With a summer of political turmoil over, and party conference season near an end, Andrea Catherwood talks to Chris Mason about how ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ audio coverage has reflected the key political players. The Feedback inbox has been receiving messages that question the amount of coverage given to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party. Chris responds to your questions and weighs in on what he says is a change in UK politics we haven't seen in decades.

And our search for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ audio's best interview of 2025 continues. One listener has nominated an interview conducted by presenter Evan Davies in a recent episode of PM. He spoke to an unnamed asylum seeker from Somalia, currently waiting on an asylum application in the Bell Hotel in Epping. What they discussed revealed a different side of a story that has seized the attention of the nation this year.

Finally, we've heard from a listener who has thoughts about a recent episode of Desert Island Discs - in which Rolling Stone's guitarist Ronnie Wood seemed to request an endless array of luxury items for his island getaway.

Presenter: Andrea Catherwood
Producer: Pauline Moore
Assistant Producer: Rebecca Guthrie
Executive Producer: David Prest

A Whistledown Scotland production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4

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