Al Carns was asked why he quit as Armed Forces minister:
“Quite simple: I didn’t think the funding settlement was correct for defence.”
He added “We have got to find more money. That’s down to the PM… There is an argument about welfare. I’m a firm believer a hand up not a hand out.” The blindingly obvious benefits point that has been wilfully ignored by counter-Healey spin…
Carns added he thinks Starmer is a “good and honest man” but “it’s down to him how he prioritises his funding. I don’t think the funding was right. We are fighting amongst each other to get more money for the key unifying principle of the of any government which is to protect this nation.” Oh dear…
Asked if he wants to be PM, Carns evaded: “My whole life is about service – not ambition… We will see what happens in the future.” All to play for…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”