(Title paraphrased from Oscar Wilde epigram.)
Early this morning today looked like being no worse than usual for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Then came the news that a senior member of his government, Defence Secretary John Healey, had resigned. In a polite resignation letter Healey revealed that Starmer's recent talk of increasing defence spending and building up our depleted armed forces had just been the usual empty talk from an empty man. Tasked with producing a spending programme for rearmament the treasury, fifedom of Starmer's right hand woman Rachel Reeves, had been dodging the issue for over a year
Healey's resignation letter accused the Prime Minister of failing to “meet the moment” over his long-delayed proposals to boost military spending and of rendering Britain incapable of defending itself.
Well OK, at least Healey departed with some dignity, unlike the other recent resignation, Wes Streeting who flounced out like some wannabe diva, threatening to challenge Starmer for the Labour Party leadership before slamming the door behind him, high heels click - clacking on the pavement as he stomped off.
If that had been all the day would, by Starmer's standards, still not have been too bad. But Murphys law states that no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse. And they did.
Before even the ink had dried on the note Starmer penned to Healy thanking him for his service, the deputy Defence Minister Al Carns handed in his resignation.
Former army officer Carns, who is being mentioned as a potential Labour leadership contender, accused the Prime Minister of “failing” the military by refusing to commit more money to the Defence Investment Plan (DIP).
He said: “We owe those who serve the UK the kit to do the job and the loyalty to stand by them when it’s done. We are failing on both.
“I’ve spent my whole time in government making the case that Britain and NATO must prepare to defend our borders. Number 10 will not listen, so I am resigning as Minister for the Armed Forces.”
Carn’s resignation letter is more damning than Healey’s because it doesn’t just criticise the problems of underfunding of our defence forces but actually addresses the fact that those who work and contribute tax are in essence being ripped off and the country is extremely vulnerable and the people see not future for themselves.
Do these people not understand we have no money to spend on trivia like defending the realm. The government has to prioritise important things like sucking up to the EU, Net Zero, paying China's ally Mauritius to take the Chagos Islands off our hands, funding and housing 'asylum seekers', subsidising electric car owners and donating money to 'pride' events.
Thanks to the misguided economic and social policy over the past 40 years we have lost our entrepreneurs and we have less less taxpayers who just complain !!
If we start spending money on nonsense like defence how are we going to fund the welfare bill for those who are better off not working and how on earth can take defence spending away from the couple of hundred thousand migrants (that we know about,) arriving each year . God help those poor fighting aged males who arrive in small, inflatable boats each week ( day) since Keir smashed the gangs.
Some people just don't get it !!
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