Ben Riley-Smith Appointed Sunday Times Political Editor
Ben Riley-Smith has been appointed as the political editor of The Sunday Times. He expressed his admiration for the paper's journalism and its reputation for fair and incisive reporting. Riley-Smith emphasized the importance of these values in the current political climate.
- ▪Ben Riley-Smith has been appointed as the political editor of The Sunday Times.
- ▪He admires the paper's agenda-setting journalism.
- ▪Riley-Smith highlighted the need for fair and incisive reporting in uncertain political times.
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| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 12:14:49 +0000 |
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“I’m delighted to have been made The Sunday Times’s political editor. I have long been an admirer of the paper’s fantastic, agenda-setting journalism. The Sunday Times political reporting has a reputation for being fair, incisive and revelatory. In these uncertain times in Westminster and beyond those values are needed now more than ever. I cannot wait to get stuck in.”
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