Defence Secretary John Healey resigns and calls out Rachel Reeves

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John Healey has become the latest government minister to resign, basically saying he cannot do the job of keeping the UK safe because Labour's economic model is in such a mess.

His resignation letter effectively says the government needs to spend far less on welfare benefits and net zero, and start taxing less and spending more on defence.

This is total chaos now.

As long as we have a tax system that punishes income hard over wealth we are going to have some generational conflicts.

And we won’t have a productive economy

Gutted, John was my line manager when we both worked in the TUC press office. Such a shame, he is a great guy.

And quite, today’s pensioners were - believe it or not - young and working and paying tax which contributed to the pensions of the pensioners of the day.

Some did but not all. And the vast majority haven’t paid in enough vs what they take out. It’s why demographics matter, I’m not sure why you are struggling with that?

There are now more over 60s than under 25s, just think about it…

This in spades.
I respect Healey for what he has done ; he has acted on principles and it’s a shame that there aren’t more like him. Same also to Al Carns.

I'm certainly no Labour voter but I have to respect the integrity and principles of Healey. In a world where all politicians are dismissed as crooks and liars, it's good to see that there are still some decent honest politicians.

The downside of course is that decent honest politicians don't last long.