The text discusses the mounting calls for Sir Keir Starmer to resign as Prime Minister and the reactions of social media users to his situation.
With Sir Keir Starmer facing mounting calls to resign, it seems like the chances of the Prime Minister leading his party into the next election are approaching zero.
And social media users are reacting to Sir Keir's premiership entering freefall today as they post a series of tongue-in-cheek memes making light of the situation. Some compared his situation to the Black Knight from Monty Python, a character who refuses to let King Arthur pass despite having all his limbs chopped off.
Others recalled the famous line 'Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me', spoken by Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar in the 1964 comedy film Carry On Cleo. There was a meme of Hugh Grant as the PM in Love Actually, captioned: 'Centre Left Labour backbenchers reveal their choice to replace Starmer as Prime Minister.
' Another posted an image of Steve McClaren on Sky Sports News, joking that the former England manager was saying 'he doesn't think the PM's going anywhere'. In a speech yesterday meant to set out Labour's response to last week's disastrous local election results, Sir Keir vowed to carry on and prove his doubters wrong.
But the speech triggered an avalanche of Labour backbenchers publicly calling for Sir Keir to go, including a number of junior ministerial aides who resigned to do so. Read More Starmer lieutenant hints he'll quit in hours: Cabinet showdown looms after ministers 'confront him' Some 72 Labour MPs have so far called for the Prime Minister to set out a timetable for his resignation.
A total of 80 MPs are understood to have signed a letter from former minister Catherine West urging Sir Keir to take this step, most of whom have publicly expressed their loss of confidence in his leadership. In a sign that Sir Keir could be planning to dig in, Downing Street announced the appointment of six new ministerial aides last night to replace those who had resigned.
But while some backbenchers came out to back the Prime Minister, reports suggested Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had privately spoken with Sir Keir and advised him to consider his position. Other senior ministers are reported to have spoken with the Prime Minister about his future before a scheduled Cabinet meeting this morning, intended to focus on the crisis in the Middle East.
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