Runners and Riders – Guido Fawkes

Sun Political Editor: Runners and Riders

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With Harry Cole heading to DC to take up his new role as Editor-at-Large of The Sun, there are some boots to fill. As always Guido gives you the runners and riders – Sun internal characters highlighted in red…

• Jack Elsom. Currently The Sun’s chief political correspondent, he is highly regarded and the paper almost always recruits from within. Elsom’s relative juniority should not discount him from the running…
• Ryan Sabey. Currently deputy pol ed and seen as a front-runner for the position. Sabey has been in post since 2022 following a career at News UK as correspondent…
• Kate Ferguson. Pol ed for The Sun on Sunday. The ascension of either of those would of course prompt another vacancy at the Sun…
• Sam Coates. Deputy pol ed for Sky News under Beth Rigby since 2019 and at The Times prior to that, Coates could be looking to make the jump back to print – especially considering his channel’s drastic cost-cutting reforms. He could try to present Never Mind the Ballots too if he’s missing the camera. Coates was seen around the Global offices when LBC was last on the lookout for a new pol-ed…
• Alex Wickham. Another Guido alumnus, Wiki is serving as Bloomberg’s UK pol ed. Would be a change of audience…
• Matt Dathan. Home affairs editor at The Times and scoop-getter.
• Ben Riley-Smith. Telegraph pol-ed. Not averse to a departure from the Tel either…
• Anna Mikhailova. Deputy pol-ed at the Mail on Sunday. Seasoned…
• Harry Yorke. Deputy pol-ed at The Sunday Times and Whitehall editor of The Telegraph before that.
• Natasha Clark. Formerly chief political correspondent at The Sun before heading up LBC‘s political operation since the summer of 2023. Clark is well-liked in SW1 and could be eyeing up a return to the red top…
• Mikey Smith. Despite his agenda-setting scoops on the Leader of the Opposition’s lunches Smith didn’t score the Mirror pol-ed job last year and is still deputy at the paper. Who would stalk Michael Gove’s dates then?
• Matt Chorley. It’s a thought.

It’s an interesting job for as long as it lasts…