Political warfare is full of sacrifices, some noble, some pointless. John Healey went over the top soon after midday. Fellow officers nearby said he did so with remarkable sangfroid. A final letter. A last, defiant Woodbine. Disinclined to obey orders to surrender to the hated Treasury, Capt Healey of the Rawmarsh and Conisborough Fusiliers then rose from his trench and charged at the enemy, bayonet fixed.
His letter of resignation blamed both Sir Keir Starmer (‘unable to commit the resources needed to defend the country’) and Rachel Reeves (‘unwilling’). Comrades said it was magnificent. Poor blighter didn’t stand a chance yet
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