It will take a few weeks to settle into the role, not just for Sarah but also new editor Will Boden who seems to have been promoted from deputy now that Robbie Gibb has got a new role in 10 Downing Street.
I will miss 'If it's Sunday, it's the Sunday Politics' followed by Andrew sticking his glasses in his suit pocket just as the closing sequence begins!
I will miss 'If it's Sunday, it's the Sunday Politics'
Not me, the phrase always sounded clumsy and was vapid.
I always thought it was a weird phrase too, but ever since the press release in which Sarah Smith said something like 'and now for me if it's Sunday, it's the Sunday Politics' I was sort of hoping they'd carry it on!
Is there any rhyme or reason as to who presents the London Sunday Politics opt? Over the past few weeks it's been Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn, BBC Media Editor Amol Rajan and then most recently Beyond 100 Days presenter Christian Fraser - I'm not interested in the faces specifically, just as to whether the London opt is a case of finding someone in the building who's free to present!
On another note, yesterday's show also saw the Millbank set get a rare national outing on a Sunday (it's the set for the London opt too anyway) - which led to a slightly strange point in a coming up sequence where London viewers saw one presenter on one part of the set, and then a different part on another part of the same set!
Is there any rhyme or reason as to who presents the London Sunday Politics opt? Over the past few weeks it's been Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn, BBC Media Editor Amol Rajan and then most recently Beyond 100 Days presenter Christian Fraser - I'm not interested in the faces specifically, just as to whether the London opt is a case of finding someone in the building who's free to present!
I don't understand why BBC London's Pol Ed Tim Donovan can't present the show? He never does the regional debates either, leaving it to network presenters.
I really expected Andrew Neil to do the Labour and Tory Conferences. If he didn't want to do those I don't think we will see much of him on Daily Politics.