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Hello, one of the best things about coming back to the newscast studio after the Christmas holidays is checking the inbox.

Once you've remembered your password to log on.

And here's a really, really nice one.

Hi, newscast team.

I'm writing to say thank you for bringing the joy of UK politics to my home in the Swiss Alps every day.

I feel we should have some cowbells accompanying this email. Sorry to do a Swiss cliche.

Anyway, it continues, do I have a special relationship with the UK? Nope. Am I particularly good at

speaking English? No, my Swiss accent is quite pronounced. So why or why do I regularly listen to your

voices? I ask myself. It's not because of what you do or even how good you are at your job,

which you obviously are. Listening to newscast feels like being with generous people,

gifting their environment with their cheerful personalities. You could name it any cast and I would

still listen. Many thanks from Marius.

Well, thank you, Marius, for your email, and I'm pleased to announce that you will be hearing

for the first time this year, the voice of Chris Mason on this episode of Newscast.

Newscast from the BBC.

Why can't people buy a house? Look at their wages.

Do you have any questions on things that are not related to maths?

People who say that we were partying simply do not know what they are talking about.

The era of global warming has ended. The era of global boiling has arrived.

It's the first time ever I've been able to say, well done here.

I'll end by tempting her to update newscast and

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