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Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Lord Mandelson resigns from the Labour Party | British success at the Grammys

Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Sky News

News Commentary, Daily News, News

4.0224 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Lord Mandelson has quit the Labour Party to avoid causing it - he says - “further embarrassment", after the latest release of Epstein files on Friday.

Erfan Soltani, an Iranian protestor who was reportedly set to face the death penalty, has been released on bail, with talks of a ‘regional war’ should the US attack Iran.

Israel is set to open the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but there will be restrictions on the number of people allowed to pass through.

The Government has announced that anyone found touting illegal smuggling routes into the UK could face prison for up to five years.

And, finally- there was success for British artists at the Grammys on a politically charged evening in Los Angeles.

Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.

Transcript

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0:46.1

The The Full Story First Lord Peter Mandelson has resigned from the Labour Party after revelations of his links to convicted paedophile Geoffrey Epstein.

0:50.2

Those on social media found guilty of touting illegal smuggling routes to the UK

0:54.1

could be jailed for up to five years.

0:58.0

Hello, you are listening to Cheat Sheet. It's Monday the 2nd of February. I'm Sophie Ridge.

1:02.9

And I'm Wilfrid Frost. Also today, there was a successful British music artists at the Grammys on an evening where the music was overshadowed by the politics.

1:12.7

So Lord Mandelson has quit the Labour Party.

1:15.8

It's to avoid causing it, he says, further embarrassment.

1:19.5

And this comes after more information, more emails and particularly more images as well,

1:25.8

were released from the kind of Epstein files.

1:28.3

The convicted paedophile, a billionaire financier, Jeffrey Epstein. I just want to dwell on

1:34.5

some of the details of what was released because I think this is really important to start off

1:38.4

with. So Lord Mandelson, who was sacked as US ambassador last year, appears to feature in several bank statements

1:46.5

released on Friday. In one bank statement, there's a payment of $25,000 US dollars to an account of

1:53.1

someone who is now Lord Mandelson's husband. Two other statements from May and June 2004 also

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