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Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Crisis for the Prime Minister | Winter Olympics begin

Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Sky News

News Commentary, Daily News, News

4.0224 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Sir Keir Starmer faces increasing pressure over his decision to make Peter Mandelson the UK ambassador to the United States, with former deputy leader of the Labour Party, Baroness Harman, saying that it could bring him down.

However, in better news for him, US President Donald Trump has suggested he supports the prime minister's decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Authorities searching for the mother of NBC's Today co-host Savannah Guthrie have said they believe "she's still out there", but they have no suspects.

Senior officials from the United States and Iran are set to meet in Oman today for talks amid heightened tensions between the two nations.

And finally, the Winter Olympics officially begin today, with the opening ceremony set to take place this evening - but the Games are already being overshadowed by allegations of hacking and potential doping.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Sky News, the full story first.

0:05.0

The Prime Minister, Sarkir Stama is facing increasing pressure over his decision to make Peter Madelson, our ambassador to the United States, with a senior labour figure saying

0:21.9

this could bring the PM down. Senior officials from the United States and Iran are set to meet

0:27.6

in Oman today for talks. Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet on Friday the 6th of February.

0:36.5

I'm Kamali Melbourne.

0:38.7

And I'm Anna Jones.

0:45.4

And also today, the Winter Olympics are set to officially begin today amid allegations of doping and hacking.

0:52.5

It will bring him down unless he takes the action which is really necessary for him to take.

0:53.2

And that's this.

0:58.9

Firstly, he's got to stop blaming Mandelson and saying he lied to me,

1:03.2

because actually he should never have been considering him in the first place.

1:09.5

And to say he lied to me makes it look weak and naive and gullible.

1:13.5

Well, that was the former deputy leader of the Labour Party,

1:19.0

Baroness Harriet Harmon, who had some choice words for the PM when she spoke to our Beth Rigby in our latest edition of electoral dysfunction. Sakeer Starmat facing increasing pressure

1:25.7

over his decision to make Peter Mandelson, the UK's ambassador to the United States.

1:30.4

Now, the PM chose to make Mandelson ambassador, despite concerns about Mandelson's relationship with the now dead, convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.

1:39.8

Yeah, and Kamali, this is in no doubt being a pretty terrible week for the Prime Minister, hasn't it?

1:45.4

Yesterday, he made his speech in Hastings. It was supposed to focus on investment in communities,

1:50.4

but he was forced to pivot to the issue of Peter Mandelson. And in that speech, he apologised

1:55.5

to the victims of Geoffrey Epstein for believing Peter Mandelson's lies. But I don't think that apology has been

2:03.4

enough to quell the anger within his own party about it. Lots of his critics are saying, well, he's

2:08.6

apologised for believing Mandelson's lies, but he's not apologised for actually appointing him,

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