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Diane Abbott slams applause for Keir Starmer as PM vows to stay on after Mandelson-Epstein row.Credit: Channel 4 News
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00:00I think that the round of applause in the committee room just now was staged just as all those endorsements of the Prime Minister which appeared within five minutes of each other were staged and I can't see him lasting beyond May's elections.
00:21So why are they waiting until May?
00:23Because they're going to be catastrophic elections and I think the idea is let him stay in there and take responsibility.
00:31Right but I mean if you're staring at a disaster why do you wait for it to happen rather than try and stop it happening?
00:38Well it's not down to me you need to speak.
00:40No I mean but if that's the dominant mood I'm just trying to understand it.
00:44I mean you know these people.
00:46Why do you think they're thinking that way?
00:47Is it that the election losses can't be stopped no matter who the leader is?
00:51Exactly.
00:52We're going to have catastrophic results anyway.
00:55That's why Anasawa stepped up because he doesn't want to see the Scottish Labour Party go down.
01:02So you know I think he may be moved before then but I think he'll last until May.
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