Healey quits defence with leader-bid pitch to far right on war
John Healey has resigned as defence secretary with a leadership pitch to the far right and Labour’s war lobby. Healey has said that Starmer and his chancellor Rachel Reeves are not ‘serious’ enough about spending huge amounts of our money on military build-up. The pitch has been praised by Tory and Reform MPs.
Not Tory enough for Healey
Healey has also gone to the Tory Spectator magazine to ‘explain’ his resignation, a clear signal that he doesn’t think red-Tory Starmer has swung hard enough to the pro-war, pro-Israel right. But the resignation appears to be preparation for him throwing his own hat into the leadership contest ring.
The Starmer regime continues Tory policies of strangling public services and parcelling off the NHS to its private health and murder-AI donors. Russia hawk and Israel fan Healey wants to blow at least 3% of our national budget on war preparation. Starmer has destroyed Labour chasing the far-right, white supremacist, friends-of-genocide vote. Healey doesn’t think Starmer’s chasing hard enough.
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It’s a job pitch for his next employers when he goes through the revolving door, not a serious pitch for power within the theatre of politics.
This.
Especially as the MIC now owns the illusion of democracy lock stock and smoking barrels anyway.
Healey knows that full well. Shame “alt”-media hasn’t caught up yet.
Can’t it permeate Western politician’s skulls that talking to countries you ‘Big Up’ as ‘Enemies’ comes actually free.
One suspects they are really doing it to boost arms profits.
Healy is delusional if he thinks he’s got a chance of becoming leader. He’s so dislikable, second only in being despised by members to Streeting.
One obvious way to make UK safer would be to stop attacking Russia. It’s our tanks that invaded Russia and our missiles that strike deep into Russia.
20% of MOD budget is spent on USA controlled nuclear weapons…. he should have cut this!
Wonder if it’s all a set up to end Starmer & bring in Knight in Shining Arms, Burnham, with safe pledge to increase arms spending as Burnham shafts WASPI women.
Of course Bigging Up ‘Enemies’ boosts arms profits.
‘If we could build peace & co-operation between all countries.
Arms companies would go bust.
Millions of lives would be saved.
As weapons turned to rust.’
Yep. Its the US uniparty with a broader colour palate.
Yanks have red and blue. UK has green-yellow, red-blue, yellow, blue blood and nazi blue.
Any colour you like as long as its cunts.