{"id":336669,"date":"2026-04-21T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mandelson-crisis-starmers-future-hanging-in-the-balance\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:00:08","slug":"mandelson-crisis-starmers-future-hanging-in-the-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mandelson-crisis-starmers-future-hanging-in-the-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandelson crisis: Starmer\u2019s future \u2018hanging in the balance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/qVyigOTrHqY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Mandelson crisis: Starmer\u2019s future \u2018hanging in the balance\u2019\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVyigOTrHqY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer\u2019s future was \u201changing in the balance\u201d even before sacked foreign office chief Olly Robbins accused the government of an \u201catmosphere of pressure\u201d and a \u201cdismissive\u201d attitude towards Peter Mandelson\u2019s vetting.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Now he \u201cis in peril as Prime Minister\u201d, political commentator Sonia Sodha, who was an advisor to Ed Miliband when he was Labour leaders, says on the latest episode of The Fourcast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer\u2019s future was \u201changing in the balance\u201d even before sacked foreign office chief Olly Robbins accused the government of an \u201catmosphere of pressure\u201d and a \u201cdismissive\u201d attitude towards Peter Mandelson\u2019s vetting. 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