Entitled The Campaign Today, it later became Newslog, and continued to be updated until Robinson left the BBC. In the run-up to the 2001 general election, Robinson started keeping a daily diary of the campaign. In October 1999 he became BBC News 24's chief political correspondent, and also presented Westminster Live. In 1996 he became a political correspondent, presenting Weekend Breakfast and Late Night Live on BBC Radio 5 Live, and in 1997 he covered the general election for BBC Radio. Robinson interviewing Michael Portillo for BBC News in July 2001, close to the Palace of Westminster When leaked, this gained attention from the Labour Party, which perceived it as the legitimised denial of equal time in the run-up to local elections. In 1995, whilst Robinson was at Panorama, he wrote an internal BBC memorandum questioning how an interview with Prime Minister John Major could be defended in the run-up to the Scottish local elections. He then became an assistant producer for On the Record, and in 1993 was promoted to deputy editor of Panorama, a position he held for three years. He joined the BBC in 1986 as a production trainee, and later worked extensively as a television and radio producer for a variety of shows including Newsround and Crimewatch. Robinson's first position in broadcasting was at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester, which he took up while recovering from his injuries. ДЄt university he was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1985. Robinson was elected National Vice Chairman in 1985вЂ“87 and succeeded a fellow moderate, Richard Fuller, when he was elected Chairman of the National Young Conservatives on the moderate ticket against strong right-wing opposition (1987вЂ“88). Philip Pedley, as National YC Chairman, co-opted Robinson onto the YC National Advisory Committee in 1983 and appointed him National Campaign Director of Youth for Multilateral Disarmament. Robinson was a founder-member of Macclesfield Young Conservatives (YC) and rose through the ranks, becoming Cheshire YC Chairman (1982вЂ“84) and became a key activist in the moderate-controlled North West Area organisation. However, Robinson's early political affiliations were to the right. Brian Redhead became Robinson's mentor, and later encouraged his career in political journalism, giving him a copy of Tony Benn's Arguments for Socialism for his birthday. Robinson was 'severely burned', spent five weeks in hospital and had to defer his university place. Whilst travelling in Europe in 1982, he survived a car crash in Lille, France, in which the car, a two-door Volkswagen Beetle, exploded his friends James Nelson and Will Redhead (son of Brian Redhead, an earlier presenter of Today on BBC Radio 4) were killed. He was educated at Cheadle Hulme School and University College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Robinson was interested in political journalism from the age of eight. His parents first met at Geneva University in Switzerland, and married three months later. His mother was born in Shanghai, where her German-Jewish parents fled during the 1930s. Robinson was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1963, to a translator mother and a sales director father. He has presented programmes such as Westminster Live, Weekend Breakfast and Late Night Live on BBC Radio 5 Live, and Newsnight on BBC Two. Known for his confrontational and provocative approach, Robinson has on several occasions caused a stir with his style of questioning, particularly of national leaders such as George W. Between 20, he worked for ITV News as political editor, but then returned to the BBC assuming the same role. He became the BBC's chief political correspondent in 1999. Starting out in broadcasting at Piccadilly Radio, after a year as President of the Conservative Party youth group, he worked his way up as a producer, eventually becoming deputy editor of Panorama before becoming a political correspondent in 1996. Robinson was interested in politics from an early age, and went on to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, where he was also President of the Oxford University Conservative Association. Prior to this he spent ten years as political editor for the BBC, and he has had many other roles with the broadcaster. Nicholas Anthony Robinson (born 5 October 1963) is a British journalist, currently a presenter on the BBC's Today programme.

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