{"id":85847,"date":"2026-09-01T11:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/85847\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T11:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:52:08","slug":"sir-keir-starmer-to-stand-down-as-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/85847\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Keir Starmer to stand down as MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Sir Keir Starmer to stand down as MP\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WFRIhDLYZUs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSir Keir Starmer to stand down as MP<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSir Keir Starmer is to stand down as an MP.<\/p>\n<p>The former PM is set to trigger a by-election, a potential headache for Andy Burnham.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Starmer said: &#8220;Over the summer, I have had time to reflect and consider my future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been an honour and privilege to represent the best constituency in the country since taking over from the great Frank Dobson 11 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But it is now time to step aside and focus on other issues: international affairs including defence, security, trade and technology in a fast changing world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/politics-latest-burnham-labour-farage-badenoch-reform-12593360<\/p>\n<p>#politics #keirstarmer #uk #skynews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For 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&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy or Ed Conway&#8217;s Stuff Matters, available here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/stuff-matters<\/p>\n<p>To 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":"Sir Keir Starmer to stand down as MP Sir Keir Starmer is to stand down as an MP.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[177,236,26484,69038,4401,264,5020,31,247,700,296,385,279],"class_list":["post-85847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sky-news","tag-breaking","tag-breaking-news","tag-by-election","tag-camden-new-journal","tag-keir","tag-labour","tag-mp","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-sir-keir-starmer","tag-sky-news","tag-starmer","tag-uk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117195661836801575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}