Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at a civil society summit in London, Thursday, July 17, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

A famous GIF has been doing the rounds on Labour WhatsApp groups in the last couple of weeks.

Taken from a comic strip by KC Green, it shows a dog called Question Hound sitting at a table with a cup of coffee, ignoring the fact that the room he is sitting in is on fire. Above him is the legend ‘THIS IS FINE’.

For many Labour MPs, the image perfectly sums up No.10′s attitude towards the multiple crises facing the government.

It is less than a fortnight since Keir Starmer launched “phase two” of his government with a major shake-up of his No.10 team.

In an accompanying video posted on X, the prime minister said the government was going into the new parliamentary term “in good spirits, confident and with conviction”.

Since then, the PM has lost his deputy, been forced into a major cabinet reshuffle and had to sack the UK ambassador to Washington he personally appointed against the advice of Foreign Office officials.

Clearly, things in No.10 are very far from fine.

The 'this is fine' gif is doing the rounds in Labour circles.

Multiple Labour MPs contacted by HuffPost UK say morale among their colleagues is through the floor, with the PM’s own future now being openly discussed.

One told HuffPost UK: “He’s completely lost the dressing room. His own position is in question now as well. The sooner we address it the better.

“We’ve got a prime minister who hasn’t got a clue about politics. The sooner we grasp that nettle on his leadership the better, because we need two or three terms of Labour government to turn this country around.”

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