Daily & Sunday Politics

Sunday Politics with Sarah Smith

Pleased to announce @BBCsarahsmith as the new presenter of Sunday Politics, back on @BBCOne from 17 Sept https://t.co/jxKRoSrC4N #bbcsp pic.twitter.com/CE54DS6GFh

— BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) August 23, 2017

she the lassies that did scotland 2014, 2015 and 2016 along with scottish debates etc.

How long before the Daily Mail realise who her dad was and start shouting about bias?

Interesting that it didn't go to Emily Maitlis, who, if reports are believed, was in the running - though she is, of course, now out of contract at the BBC.

Yet you brought it up, so it wouldn't just be them that's thinking it, if they did.

I think it's a good appointment. I'm just anticipating the usual predictable BBC bashing from certain elements of the press.

I remember Sarah on C4 News. More than capable to fill Brillo's shoes.

I never realised the SP sign off, "If it's Sunday, it's the Sunday Politics" was inspired by NBC's Meet the Press - "If it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press".

Has it not been Sunday for the last few weeks then?

The original MTP sign-off originally created by the late Tim Russert when he began moderating the show in 1991. I found the copy very trite and lacking in sincerity.

Well the thing was back then MTP WAS the show to watch and set the trend.

Wrong definition of copy. I'm talking about the Andrew Neil version, which I found very trite and lacking in sincerity.