Morgan McSweeney Resigns

摩根·麦克斯威尼辞职

Newscast

2026-02-09

26 分钟
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Right after we published our last episode the news that Morgan McSweeney had quit as the Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff broke. So Paddy and political correspondent Joe Pike got back in the studio and got Laura up on the phone to chat through why he says he’s gone, who he is, what a chief of staff does, and who could replace him. We also look at what it means for the prime minister, and why cabinet member Pat McFadden didn’t even see this coming. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Kris Jalowiecki. The technical producer was Frank McWeeny. The weekend series producer is Chris Flynn. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • the cabinet minister Pat Malfat and then said on the TV not just that it was not going to happen but also there was no point in it happening and yet after two o'clock the prime minister's controversial chief of staff has either fallen on his sword or been pushed onto his sword and we're not quite sure which way around it was I can't quite get to the bottom of that but Morgan McSweeney has left government which is important for all sorts of reasons.

  • The immediate reason, of course,

  • is that he is the casualty of the decision to give Peter Mandelson a job all those months ago.

  • So Laura's on a train, so I'm going to read Morgan McSweeney's statement a little bit of it.

  • After careful reflection, I've decided to resign from the government.

  • The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong.

  • He has damaged our party, our country, and trust in politics itself.

  • And that is why we are here with a second Sunday Newscast.

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