PM clings onto leadership | Jimmy Lai sentenced
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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4.0 • 224 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Sir Keir Starmer is battling for survival after his chief of staff resigned. Is it enough to satisfy Labour MPs that Morgan McSweeney has taken responsibility for the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador?
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in a national security case.
A landmark trial against social media giants gets under way in the US.
And Bad Bunny makes history, headlining the Super Bowl half-time show in Spanish.
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:26.6 | Together we are beating cancer. |
| 0:28.7 | T's and C's Apply. |
| 0:32.3 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:44.9 | Kirstama is battling for survival after his chief of staff resigned. |
| 0:51.6 | Is it enough to satisfy Labour MPs that Morgan Mitsweeney's taking responsibility for the appointment of Peter Mandelson? |
| 0:55.5 | The Hong Kong media tycoon and British citizen Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in his national security case. |
| 1:00.5 | Hello, you're listening to Cheech-Sheet. |
| 1:02.3 | It is Monday the 9th of February. |
| 1:04.2 | I'm Sophie Reg. |
| 1:05.3 | And I'm Wilfred Frost, and together we are America. |
| 1:09.1 | That was the message from Bab Bunny, |
| 1:10.7 | as he made history |
| 1:11.6 | headlining the Super Bowl half-time show. |
| 1:16.9 | The Prime Minister has had a hellish couple of weeks, frankly, |
| 1:21.2 | but particularly last week. |
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