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"Is there a worry here about the government overstepping the line a bit?" Sky's @TrevorPTweets discusses the government's consideration of limiting children's social media screen-time with @CarolineLucas and @ranil. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501 / YouTube
"I'm upset and I'm deeply distressed for my community." Epping Forest MP @DrNeilHudson tells Sky's @TrevorPTweets he's urging the government to "act quickly for community safety", after protests outside a hotel housing migrants. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501
If the new party being set up by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana is going to be the disruptive force that it wants to be, it won't be easy, says @SophyRidgeSky. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Former No 10 communications director @CampbellClaret tells @SophyRidgeSky that he thinks Labour should recognise Palestine as a state. He adds that he would also like to see "other countries doing the same thing". #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501 and Virgin 602
"Do you think they're the real deal?" Former No. 10 communications director @campbellclaret tells @SophyRidgeSky that 'politics is becoming more fragmented' #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📱 trib.al/ctguhoZ & trib.al/3jw3PUY
"I don't think Jeremy Corbyn is a threat to anybody." Former Tory adviser Mercy Muroki says Jeremy Corbyn could make "Reform more likely to actually, perhaps, come into government" with the formation of his new political party. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501
"If you've got a good suggestion, bring it on." Independent MP @JeremyCorbyn tells Sky's @SerenaBarkSing that he is encouraging people to contribute ideas for what to name his new political party. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and Freeview 233
"I want to protest in the street... I'm angry at what they've done" Reform UK's Laila Cunningham tells @SophyRidgeSky how she sees the impact of the Labour govt on the UK #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📱 trib.al/ctguhoZ & trib.al/3jw3PUY
"It was extremely embarrassing" Labour's @BellRibeiroAddy and @SophyRidgeSky discuss the government's welfare reforms U-turn and being stripped of her trade envoy role for voting against the Bill #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📱 trib.al/ctguhoZ
"We're watching a genocide before our eyes" Labour's @BellRibeiroAddy shares her thoughts on the situation in Gaza with @SophyRidgeSky, as Keir Starmer seeks to add to the international pressure on Israel #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📱 trib.al/ctguhoZ
'I'm open to solutions from Israel... but they have no serious solutions' @EmilyThornberry throws open the question to Israel - "the Palestinians aren't going anywhere so what are we going to do?" #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📱 trib.al/ctguhoZ
'We have to use our political capital and recognise Palestine as a state' @EmilyThornberry tells @SophyRidgeSky the government needs to recognise Palestine as a state and put pressure on Donald Trump #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📱 trib.al/ctguhoZ
"It's not so much a battle for influence, but for any relevance at all" @SophyRidgeSky shares her thoughts after the UK and 25 partners condemn the "horrifying" killings of Palestinians at aid sites in Gaza #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📱 trib.al/ctguhoZ
.@SophyRidgeSky explains how lowering the voting age for the next general election will impact policies, as parties will continue to chase votes. #PoliticsHub trib.al/FCL0HXC
'There is talk of a cabinet reshuffle in the Autumn and your name has come up in some of the reports, it does feel like someone is briefing against you' - @SophyRidgeSky 'Good luck to them for that' - Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell #PoliticsHub
Sixteen and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the next general election. 'It's going to help Labour isn't it? The most popular party amongst 16 and 17 year olds' - @SophyRidgeSky 'That's not a consideration for us' - @LucyMPowell #PoliticsHub
'Votes at 16 has consistently shown majority opposition' @Ommasalma, @CarolineFlint and @robfordmancs react to the news that sixteen and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the next general election trib.al/kdXA2Dr @SophyRidgeSky 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602
'What I don't get is why she seems to have doubled down' Former Labour minister @CarolineFlint responds to the suspension of Diane Abbott from the Labour Party, adding "when you know you're on the end of racism, you know you're on the end of racism' @SophyRidgeSky #PoliticsHub
Diane Abbott is under investigation by Labour after she doubled down on comments about racism she had previously apologised for. Sky's @WizBates has the full story ⬇️ Latest: trib.al/KUsMrDU 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
As Sir Keir Starmer suspends four Labour MPs from the parliamentary party over the welfare rebellion, @SophyRidgeSky asks: Are the suspensions a sign of weakness? Watch #PoliticsHub in full 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=TwBSQ2…