Quite something to see Donald Trump celebrate a “cancellation”

US Ambassador Lord Mandelson has been removed from the post over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But @sophyridge.bsky.social says while questions remain over the appointment, the lack of responsibility is another issue. Read more🔗 trib.al/H4P28i5

Is Haribo sponsoring Sky News political coverage? Some lighthearted moments from a febrile Downing Street yesterday, with Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social 🍬 & Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social 🍸 #haribo

@sophyridge.bsky.social interviews @zackpolanski.bsky.social well on @skynewsrss.bsky.social - enabling viewers to get a picture of his politics. youtu.be/RhD2ZuKrXPg?...

On today’s Politics Hub I’ll be interviewing Zack Polanski - who’s just won the Green leadership election by a landslide Anything you’d like to ask him?

This is my flag.

Any other #fpl fans on here? How we looking for the start of the season?

Soooo I’m about to find out how many coffees one woman can consume before 7am Me & Wilfred Frost will be shaking up Sky’s breakfast show from later this year and I can’t wait to work together. Presenting Breakfast is a massive honour for me & a real pinch yourself moment. ❤️

MPs are facing perhaps the most important choice they will make as parliamentarians - whether to legalise assisted dying The strength of feeling in Parliament has produced some of the most thoughtful and impassioned debate I've witnessed - join me for full coverage @SkyNews

Casey: "I was following through on an archived child's file and found the word Pakistani tippexed out. And I thought: whoever did that, inadvertently, was giving ammunition to the EDL... If good people don't grasp difficult things, bad people will." Great interview, @sophyridge.bsky.social. ~AA

This is a brilliant, moving report capturing life and the absurdity of the system for most prisoners and prison officers. If only more media outlets could do this, instead of frothing at the mouth about prison reform. Congrats to Preston Prison for opening its doors too.

I rarely do this but please watch our report from Preston Prison I was blown away by the amazing work of the officers. But I was also blown away by the fact prison isn’t working. Will politicians be brave enough to change it? Video by @lucymarleey m.youtube.com/watch?v=cszg...

Spending time at Preston Prison floored me and changed my view of the prison system. Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised - but people speak louder than statistics. My piece on why prisons are crying out for real reform news.sky.com/story/inside...

Reform’s success today matters politically; of course But it also matters in terms of *policy* because if both Labour & Conservatives are worried about shedding votes to them - they’re likely to tack closer towards them in terms of their policy offer

Sky News can project Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns WILL win Greater Lincs mayor - with 8 of 9 areas declared nobody can catch her

👀 Jeremy Hunt tells me he would support a ban on social media for under 16s 👀

My local election revision period has begun - it’s going to be a fascinating one 💥 The first voter verdict on Keir Starmer’s premiership 💥 The first electoral test of Kemi Badenoch’s leadership 💥 Can Reform translate votes into seats? Join me & the Sky team on Friday 👇

Trump: "I think [Putin] wants to make a deal but it takes two to tango and you have to have Ukraine want to make a deal as well" Pretty clear where Trump will push the blame if Ukraine/Russia deal fails to materialise

We've been talking an awful lot about how the Trump tariffs will hit the big players: the UK, China, Canada, France, Germany etc But it's time to talk about the ones who DON'T have loud voices. Because some of the poorest countries in the world are going to be crippled by what happened last night

This is absolutely extraordinary from the editor of the Atlantic @JeffreyGoldberg “The Trump administration accidentally texted me its war plans” t.co/xzzopY2Hdl

Nicholas Prosper was just 19 years old when he murdered his mother, his brother and his sister - his only regret was that he didn’t kill more children, in a primary school. Surely now is the time to talk about the extreme violent material readily available online

*very* interesting interview with Mervyn King on @sophyridge.bsky.social show on Sky right now 'ultimately the basic rate will have to go up' @stephenkb.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social quite positive on Reeves tbh

V interesting interview with Sam Fender in the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

In journalism it's important to reflect both sides,listen, understand nuance,be aware of your bias It’s also important to call out facts that aren’t true Trump suggested Ukraine started the war with Russia That is not true.Facts matter.If you want to end a war,you need to face up to how it started

Keir Starmer says this is a "once in a generation moment" for the security of Europe "We Europeans will have to do more" "I'm prepared to consider committing British forces on the ground alongside others" if there's a peace deal in Ukraine "but there must be a US backstop"

Article 5 - that an attack on one Nato ally is an attack on all - has only been invoked once, after 9/11, by the United States

#FPL hero

Feeling really quite honoured & chuffed to have received an RTS nomination for Presenter of the Year, alongside serious stars @susannareid100 @annaefoster Am lucky to be part of the Politics Hub team - best in the business 🌟 rts.org.uk/article/nomi...

Kay Burley is an absolute titan - 36 years at Sky News, the master of live broadcasting I’ve learned so much from you Kay - Thanks for smashing the ceilings x news.sky.com/story/amp/ka...

Lovely moment as @angelaeagle1.bsky.social recalls telling John Prescott, when he was her boss, that she was going to ‘come out’ “Tell me something I didn’t already know, love!” he replied - then gave her a hug

Sophy Ridge, "What impact has leaving the EU had on growth?" Emma Reynolds, "It's been difficult.. We didn't have an oven baked deal.. It was pretty raw in the middle.. It's a botched Brexit deal.. It put up barriers" "I don't think it has had an overall benefit to growth"

After weeks of speculation and a debate that's gone on for more than two decades, the Government has said it backs a third runway at Heathrow. It feels like quite a moment. That's not the end of it, of course, there will be legal challenges... including, potentially, from London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

🔥 Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has just told me "Rachel Reeves has been talking rubbish all day" - the third runway at Heathrow is a "dead cat" because "she's failed to deliver any growth" "It's clear she doesn't get business"

Significant intervention by former BoE chief economist & RSA boss Andy Haldane He warns if the OBR March forecasts lead to cuts to spending/investment “it would be deeply counterproductive to both growth & to the fiscal position” & cause “a doomed loop between debt and growth” t.co/ZMW5JyoNXa

Ryan Wellings has been sentenced to six years for his abuse of Kiena Dawes. He beat her when she was pregnant, threatened to drill out her teeth, told her she may as well kill herself. Kiena wrote in her suicide note he was a "monster" who "killed me" t.co/MSJHf36qiJ

Are we on the brink of a ceasefire deal? We're rolling on the latest on tonight's #PoliticsHub Hamas: Ceasefire deal reached Netanyahu's office: Final details still being worked on We're still awaiting a news conference with the Qatari PM

Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq was today cleared of breaking the ministerial code. So she resigned.

Good to see my predictions for 2025 in this year’s NY @politico playbook going better than last year’s… It’s going to be the year of AI in government and business… buckle up

Today is a day of politics at its most fierce… most combative… most perilous. The Conservatives have put down an amendment to the Schools Bill to try and force a public enquiry into grooming gangs. MPs will be voting around 7pm – we’ll bring you that result on the show.

Team Triceratops...

My New Year’s Resolution is always to read more books - this year I managed 8 (which I’ll take in a VERY busy year) Demon Copperhead Cold Comfort Farm Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow Before the Coffee Gets Cold Every Day is Mothers Day Strange Sally Diamond Plus Grisham & Cleeves

Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations cancelled because of adverse weather... Blackpool fireworks also cancelled... More with me on Sky News now (Moonlighting in the glass box presenting chair this week!)

I was really disappointed to miss this when it was shown only to discover that it’s on the Sky News YouTube channel. 2 mins in and it’s worth it alone for Jon Craig in a Santa suit. www.youtube.com/live/1PL-0TD...

Quite a lot of fun for those of us compelled to Christmas up and quiz. Memory of who won is disputed - I say me and @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social won. @edvaizey.bsky.social disputes this. I deprecate the lack of mince pies.

POLITICS HUB CHRISTMAS QUIZ ALERT 🚨 2pm & 7pm today And 9pm Christmas Day The most fun I’ve had filming all year

This from @sophyridge.bsky.social is so perfectly right. I have been thinking the same but couldn’t put the right words together.