{"id":133023,"date":"2024-02-01T21:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/politics-hub-with-sophy-ridge-tory-mp-mike-freer-to-step-down-due-to-fears-over-his-personal-safety\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T21:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:00:43","slug":"politics-hub-with-sophy-ridge-tory-mp-mike-freer-to-step-down-due-to-fears-over-his-personal-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/politics-hub-with-sophy-ridge-tory-mp-mike-freer-to-step-down-due-to-fears-over-his-personal-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge: Tory MP Mike Freer to step down due to fears over his personal safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zUJ6a0JbbcQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge: Tory MP Mike Freer to step down due to fears over his personal safety\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUJ6a0JbbcQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Tonight: As Mike Freer announces he is stepping down as an MP at the next general election over fears for his personal safety, the prime minister warns of an &quot;attack on democracy&quot;  and the Speaker calls for &quot;nicer politics&quot; &#8211; but after the murder of two MPs in recent years &#8211; we ask how &#8211; and if &#8211; things can be improved.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we speak to MP Dame Margaret Hodge about the many death threats she&#8217;s received while working in politics.<\/p>\n<p>On Sophy&#8217;s panel are:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd35 Justice Minister Michael Freer MP<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd35 Conservative MP Alicia Kearns MP<br \/>\n\u26aa Columnist Philip Collins<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest in our Politics Hub live blog \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/trib.al\/YKanzN3<\/p>\n<p>#SkyNews #PoliticsHub #SophyRidge #UKPolitics #Politics #ConservativeParty #RishiSunak #LabourParty  #Parliament #RwandaBill  <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight: As Mike Freer announces he is stepping down as an MP at the next general election over fears for his personal safety, the prime minister warns of an &quot;attack on democracy&quot; and the Speaker calls for &quot;nicer politics&quot; &#8211; but after the murder of two MPs in recent years &#8211; we ask how &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":133024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[137988,129075,129413],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-133023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-freer","tag-mike","tag-tonight"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge: Tory MP Mike Freer to step down due to fears over his personal safety | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge: Tory MP Mike Freer to step down due to fears over his personal safety for free, here on News ISC. 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