Just in case you did not handle to look at, listed here are the highlights from final night time’s Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge, which airs Monday to Thursday from 7pm on Sky News.
Murdoch’s motivation is business over ideology
Sky News commentator Adam Boulton instructed Sophy Ridge that Rupert Murdoch – who’s stepping again from his media empire – had been motivated by his business pursuits over political ideology.
Murdoch “would give a good wind to individuals in energy till the purpose that he felt that they have been obstructing his businesses”, Boulton mentioned.
“I feel building his businesses got here first with him somewhat than being a megalomaniac and inflicting his views on the remainder of the world.”
Murdoch is ‘most toxic particular person of my lifetime’
Left-wing commentator Owen Jones had a extra excessive view, telling Ridge that “Rupert Murdoch has been essentially the most toxic particular person of my lifetime”.
“This is not just a few media proprietor,” he mentioned. “This man is a politician.
“He’s a really, very highly effective political determine who has, with out being elected by a single individual, had an enormous disruptive and pernicious and toxic influence on our democracy, Australian democracy, US democracy and democracies everywhere in the world.”
Flynn ‘assured’ SNP can win mandate for independence referendum
Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s Westminster chief, mentioned he was “very assured” his get together can win a majority of seats in Scotland on the subsequent basic election.
This would empower the SNP to demand one other referendum on Scottish independence.
“If we win a majority of seats, which I’m very assured that we are going to, within the basic election subsequent yr then that will probably be a mandate for us to present democratic impact to independence,” he mentioned.