Defence Secretary steps down in protest over investment plan that ‘falls short of what is required’ Daily Telegraph 11/ ohn Healey has resigned as defence secretary over Sir Keir Starmer’s defence investment plan. Mr Healey announced that he would step down in a letter to the Prime Minister on Thursday. He wrote that the plan, expected to be revealed as soon as Friday, “falls well short of what is required for defence”. Here is Mr Healey’s resignation letter in full. Dear Keir, This is a letter I never expected to write, and I do so now with great regret and reluctance. I am proud of what we have done in less than two years as a Labour Government. We’ve stepped up to lead internationally for Ukraine with the Coalition of the Willing and Ukraine Defence Contact Group, established Britain as a leading voice for Europe in Nato, raised defence investment to 2.5 per cent of GDP three years earlier than anyone expected, launched the deepest defence reforms in 50 years, won the bigges...
The racist rioting is indefensible – so is our elites’ determination to ignore the tensions caused by migration. Spiked 10/06/26 Link Belfast was in flames last night. Cars and buses were set ablaze. Flaming rubbish bins were used to create roadblocks. And most horrifying of all , masked men went door to door in the Northern Irish capital, demanding to know if ‘foreigners’ lived inside. Emergency services had to escort immigrant families from their burning homes. These scenes of terror and carnage unfolded on the day that Hadi Alodid, a Sudanese migrant, was charged on suspicion of attempted murder , and, in a separate incident on the same day, threatening to kill an NHS radiologist. Viral footage from Monday night appears to show him swiping a knife at the victim, later identified as Stephen Ogilvie , seemingly attempting to behead him and gouge his eyes out. Alodid appeared in court this morning to hear his charges. Police are not seeking anyone else in connection with their ...