{"id":343073,"date":"2026-05-13T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-keir-starmer-fight-off-the-pressure-to-resign-bbc-newscast\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T00:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:00:18","slug":"can-keir-starmer-fight-off-the-pressure-to-resign-bbc-newscast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-keir-starmer-fight-off-the-pressure-to-resign-bbc-newscast\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Keir Starmer fight off the pressure to resign? | BBC Newscast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/lgrZrY2dEak\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Can Keir Starmer fight off the pressure to resign? | BBC Newscast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lgrZrY2dEak\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Keir Starrmer has said he will \u201cget on with governing\u201d despite another day of increasing pressure on him to resign from the Labour party.<\/p>\n<p>Four ministers resigned on Tuesday, and more MPs have called for the Prime Minister to stand down. But so far no formal leadership contest has been triggered.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile more than 100 MPs are understood to have signed a statement backing the PM, saying &quot;this is no time for a leadership contest&quot;. Adam, Chris and Alex reflect on whether Starmer can survie the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n03:24 Leadership challenge speculation grows<br \/>\n05:35 What could Wes Streeting do next?<br \/>\n10:04 Why are ministers resigning?<br \/>\n11:39 Jess Phillips\u2019 criticism of Starmer<br \/>\n15:32 Comparisons with Boris Johnson\u2019s final days<br \/>\n17:51 Has Labour faced turmoil like this before?<br \/>\n22:13 Could Starmer get through this?<br \/>\n24:52 Angela Rayner\u2019s position<br \/>\n26:08 What could be in the King\u2019s Speech?<br \/>\n29:45 Outro<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starrmer has said he will \u201cget on with governing\u201d despite another day of increasing pressure on him to resign from the Labour party. Four ministers resigned on Tuesday, and more MPs have called for the Prime Minister to stand down. But so far no formal leadership contest has been triggered. Meanwhile more than 100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[128931,128933,150662],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-343073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news","tag-keir","tag-said","tag-starrmer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can Keir Starmer fight off the pressure to resign? | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Can Keir Starmer fight off the pressure to resign? | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. 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