Dmitriev compared Starmer to the captain of a ship.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to be the last to resign, as the captain of the ship. This comment was made by Kirill Dmitriev, Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), on May 12.

"As four ministers are leaving Starmer's ship today, I finally understand his plan: he wants to resign like a real captain - when all the ministers are gone and no one is left. Just him, suffering Britain and its brighter future without Starmer," he wrote on his page on the social network X.

This is how Dmitriev reacted to the news of the resignation of the British Minister of Health and Member of Parliament Zubir Ahmed.

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The Guardian newspaper reported on May 12 that four officials from the Labor Party in the UK resigned due to Starmer's refusal to leave his post amid a loss of confidence in parliament. Deputy Interior Minister Jess Phillips, Minister of Victim Assistance and Combating Violence against Women and Girls Alex Davis-Jones and Zubir Ahmed were also among those who resigned. At the same time, 111 out of 650 members of parliament fully supported Starmer's actions, saying that "now is not the time to fight for leadership."

Sky News reported on May 11 that the number of Labor MPs calling on Starmer to resign had increased to 50. At the same time, some insist on an orderly and gentle transition so that the party can choose a new leadership and return to work.

On May 8, Starmer announced that he was not going to resign, despite the failures of the Labor Party in the regional elections. He called the preliminary results of the vote tough, but at the same time assured that his party plans to address the problems that concern voters.