Zubir Ahmed, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, and Alex Davies-Jones, Minister for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls, expressed similar sentiments as they stepped down. But Starmer maintained to his cabinet members Tuesday morning that he will not resign.

But as has become the norm over the decade of political turmoil in Britain since the Brexit referendum, if anyone in Leinster House thinks they’re having a hard time, they only need to look across the Irish Sea to find their counterparts in Westminster have it worse.

"I know I have my doubters and I know I need to prove them wrong, and I will," the prime minister said during a speech in London.

UK leader Keir Starmer swept to power promising to end years of chaos in British politics, but numerous policy U-turns, controversies and rock.

Polls have opened for midterm local and regional elections that could significantly impact British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to prove his doubters wrong as he faces calls to step down after poor local election results for his Labour Party.