{"id":316365,"date":"2026-02-09T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-backbencher-defends-sir-keir-starmer-after-his-chief-of-staff-quit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:00:22","slug":"labour-backbencher-defends-sir-keir-starmer-after-his-chief-of-staff-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-backbencher-defends-sir-keir-starmer-after-his-chief-of-staff-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour backbencher defends Sir Keir Starmer after his chief of staff quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/s5PlLIXDJqc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Labour backbencher defends Sir Keir Starmer after his chief of staff quit\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s5PlLIXDJqc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Labour MP Natalie Fleet insists Sir Keir Starmer should stay in position as &quot;the only person that can sort violence against women and girls&#8230; is absolutely the prime minister.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The backbench MP says there is still support in the Labour Party for the prime minister, despite his chief of staff resigning over the Peter Mandelson scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan McSweeney has taken &quot;full responsibility&quot; for the former peer&#8217;s appointment as ambassador to the US, despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #ukpolitics #petermandelson #epsteinfiles #keirstarmer <\/p>\n<p>Follow us on X: https:\/\/x.com\/RidgeandFrost<br \/>\nFollow Sophy on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sophyridge\/<br \/>\nFollow Wilf on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wilfredfrost\/<br \/>\nListen to Cheat Sheet here:  https:\/\/podfollow.com\/cheatsheet\/<br \/>\nFor 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<br \/>\nTo 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>Labour MP Natalie Fleet insists Sir Keir Starmer should stay in position as &quot;the only person that can sort violence against women and girls&#8230; is absolutely the prime minister.&quot; The backbench MP says there is still support in the Labour Party for the prime minister, despite his chief of staff resigning over the Peter Mandelson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":316366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[144281,129018,140923],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-316365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-fleet","tag-labour","tag-natalie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Labour backbencher defends Sir Keir Starmer after his chief of staff quit | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Labour backbencher defends Sir Keir Starmer after his chief of staff quit for free, here on News ISC. 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