It remains only to shoot yourself: 70 Labor MPs demand Starmer's resignation

More than 70 MPs from the Labour Party called on Keir Starmer to resign after the failed local elections. It is reported by the British The Guardian.

Keir Starmer's position appeared to be shaken on Monday when cabinet ministers urged him to set a timetable for his departure, and more than 70 Labour MPs publicly called for his resignation. According to The Guardian, two senior cabinet ministers — Yvette Cooper (Foreign Minister. — EADaily) and Shabana Mahmoud, Minister of the Interior — told the Prime Minister that he should begin an orderly transition of power after crushing electoral defeats risked being a fatal blow to his premiership," the report says. publications.

It is noted that at least two other ministers — presumably the head of the Ministry of Defense, John Healey, and the Minister of Justice, David Lammy — discussed with Starmer a "responsible, dignified, orderly" approach to what could happen next. Several others — including the Attorney General of England and Wales, Richard Hermer, and the Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed — stubbornly urge Starmer to continue the fight.

"In the end, Cyrus listened to the cabinet ministers — there are disagreements about where this will lead and what is in the interests of the party and the country. He will have to make a decision about what he will do before tomorrow's cabinet meeting," one of the cabinet ministers told the Guardian.

As reported by EADaily, Keir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of Britain next week. This was stated in the social network X by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev.