John Healey’s resignation hasn’t just rocked Keir Starmer, it has nuked him. For months a debate has been raging inside and outside of government about whether Sir Keir has the authority and courage to face down his party – and his Chancellor – and produce the resources necessary to boost Britain’s defences at a time of unique global peril.
Now that debate has ended. ‘You have been unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling, to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats’, the outgoing defence secretary has confirmed.
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