John Healey and his No2 quit as Starmer and Reeves put welfare and Net Zero before national security - all while military leaders warn we haven't faced such a global threat for generations ⊖
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John Healey accused the Prime Minister of being too weak to face down Rachel Reeves over the defence of the nation.
Ex-Andreessen Horowitz partner slams his old firm, other VCs for 'political infiltration' around AI ○
John O'Farrell, former partner at Andreessen Horowitz, says the PAC Leading the Future, backed by his old firm, is trying to "intimidate politicians."
John Healey quitting defence puts a time bomb under No 10. He is a loyalist: this is no ordinary departure ⊕
He served through the eras of Blair, Brown, Miliband and Corbyn in a party that knows and respects him. It will matter that even his patience has run out
John Healey is not a rash man. Slow to anger…
The UK defence minister's shock resignation is a warning for all of Europe | Paul Taylor ⊖⊖
John Healey is right about the risk of wars. But it has become politically treacherous for Nato leaders to borrow for defence
Since the historic Nato summit in The Hague one year ago this month, Europ…
Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest ⊕
John Healey has resigned as defence secretary over the government’s military spending plans, in another significant blow for Keir Starmer.
In a scathing letter to the prime minister, Healey said the l…
The rise and rise of 'Meatball' McGinn ⊕
John McGinn was a boy from Clydebank with a "big, round head" and bigger dreams. Scotland's World Cup opener marks a new high in a storybook career.
John Healey: the ex-trade unionist who privately battled the Treasury ⊕
Previously talked of as a potential caretaker prime minister, his efforts as defence secretary could not generate the spending increase the military wanted
John Healey resigns as defence secretary in disagreement with Starmer over spending – UK politics live ○
The defence secretary said the prime minister was ‘unwilling to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country’
Ryan Henderson, assistant chief constable for the Police Service of No…
UK defence secretary resigns over spending plan ○
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John Healey says Keir Starmer ‘unable’ and Treasury ‘unwilling’ to provide essential budget
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Frida Slattery As Herself by Ana Kinsella review – will-they-won’t-they in a skilful theatrical romance ⊕⊕
This impressive and charismatic debut novel revisits an actor and a director over various collaborations
The central characters of Frida Slattery As Herself, Ana Kinsella’s debut novel, are the eponym…
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