# Roland Watson

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{{short description|British journalist}}
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'''Roland Watson''' is a British journalist who is currently foreign editor for ''[The Times](/source/The_Times)''.

He was educated at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College).<ref>{{cite news|title=Eton eternal: How one school came to dominate public life|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2013/05/eton-eternal-how-one-school-came-dominate-public-life|work=New Statesman|date=8 May 2013|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> He was previously political editor of ''The Times'' from 2010<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/new-political-editor-and-other-changes-at-the-times/|title=New political editor and other changes at The Times|work=Press Gazette|date=12 November 2009|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> to 2013, having joined ''The Times'' in 1998 as a political correspondent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Francis Elliott replaces Roland Watson as Times political editor|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/content/francis-elliott-replaces-roland-watson-times-political-editor|work=Press Gazette|date=20 June 2013|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref>

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