Al Carns resigns hours after John Healey as Starmer crisis deepens
Armed Forces Minister Al Carns has joined Defence Secretary John Healey in resigning over Sir Keir Starmer’s military spending plan.
In another hammer blow to the Prime Minister’s authority, Mr Carns quit from his role as he criticised Sir Keir's Defence Investment Plan (DIP), saying it is "neither transformative enough nor sufficiently funded".
Mr Healey had earlier resigned from the cabinet on Thursday accusing Sir Keir of failing to properly fund defence which he said “could make the country less safe”.
5 comments:
Two ministers and and two PPSs apparently. I wonder if this is the beginning of the end, or are there still people who can be bought off with personal ambition?
These are not ‘hammer blows’ at all. Starmer is obviously toughening out all disasters in a Micawber-ish hope that things will improve. Barricading the door of No. 10 and poking a sten out from the letterbox is the next move.
If only he could apply the same gumption to actually doing something useful in respect of industry, energy, foreign affairs, trade…oh anything really.
DJ - there probably are people who can be bought off with personal ambition, but would it extend to serving in a Starmer government? How many would prefer to wait until the Burnham challenge is over?
Chris - yes, actually doing something useful could make a positive difference to his popularity too. His inflexible determination to remain as captain of the sinking ship comes across as something he is supposed to do so that we become accustomed to losing what we once had.
Starmer wants to be known as the 'Heroic Captain' whom was last off the sinking ship... Hoping that no one realises that it was he that put the ship on the rocks in the first place.
Tony - yes, it would be no surprise if his view of himself is not too far removed from the 'Heroic Captain'.
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