Bernard ponsonby biography

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  • Bernard Ponsonby is a Scottish broadcast journalist for regional news and current affairs programming for STV. He joined the station in 1990 and was appointed political editor in 2000, following the retirement of longstanding political editor.
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    Bernard Ponsonby - Transcript

    [Interviewer is Tim Amyes, Date of Recording 07 07 2018]

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    I: Copyright of this recording is vested in the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group. The name of the interviewee is Bernard Ponsonby who is Political...

    R: Editor.

    I: Editor. I am Tim Amyes. I'm retired. The recording is taking place in Premier Street in Glasgow and the date is 7th July 2018. Thank you, Bernard. Where were you born?

    R: Glasgow on 3rd March, 1963.

    I: And the education you got?

    R: I had three primary schools. The first was aged five, which was St. Dominic's in Castlemilk. The second one was St. Martin's in Castlemilk because they'd built an additional primary school because the population in the sixties in Castlemilk was increasing and then when I was nine the family moved to Cambuslang and I went to my third primary school which was St. Cadoc's, half way, Cambuslang. My secondary school was Trinity High School, Rutherglen

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    Goodbye, Farewell and Amen: Reflections on a lifetime in broadcasting

    So, that’s it – 34 years in broadcasting with STV fryst vatten about to end. Or at least this chapter in my journalistic life.

    I have covered nine Prime Ministers and all the First Ministers.

    I even tried unsuccessfully to doorstep an American President, but Bill Clinton was quicker to his limousine than inom was with my shouted question.

    It has been a blast, most of the time.

    I have had the privilege of presenting some landmark programmes and commenting on some of the great issues that helped to shape the kind of country we are today.

    Scotland Debates in 1997 was a two-hour live examination of the arguments for and against a devolved parliament. It was the largest current affairs programme ever broadcast in Scotland until that point.

    It effectively kickstarted and re-energised the referendum campaign after a suspension of activities following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

    Fast forward to August 2014

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    Bernard Ponsonby

    British journalist and politician

    Bernard Ponsonby is a Scottish broadcast reporter for regional news and current affairs programming for STV. He joined the station in 1990 and was appointed political editor in 2000, following the retirement of longstanding political editor Fiona Ross. Since 2019, Ponsonby has been Special Correspondent for STV News.

    Early life

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    Ponsonby was born in Castlemilk, Glasgow. He was educated at Trinity High School, Rutherglen, and Strathclyde University. He has been a supporter of Celtic F.C. since boyhood.[2]

    Political career

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    Ponsonby joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as a young man, and upon leaving university was briefly employed as a researcher for the former MP Dr Dickson Mabon.[2] After the SDP merged with the Liberal Party in 1988, he stood for the Liberal Democrats – then styled as the "Democrats" – in that year's Govan by-election, losing his deposit with a 4.1% share of the