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Alastair Campbell

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The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

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542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

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542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

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542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

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542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

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The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

Welcome to a live episode of The Rest Is Politics with me, Alistair Campbell.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

And with me, Rory Stewart.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

And why are we doing a live episode today, just ahead of the kickoff of the World Cup?

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

Because, out of the blue...

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

Breaking news, Defence Secretary John Healey resigned from the Cabinet.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

Worse for Keir Starmer, he did so at a time when the Prime Minister is facing a possible leadership challenge in the coming weeks or months, with the likeliest challenger, Andy Burnham, exactly one week away now from the by-election that may see his return to Parliament.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

And

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

Perhaps most devastating of all, John Healy makes clear in his resignation letter that leadership is the issue.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

This line, which I suspect hit Keir Starmer quite hard.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

You have been unable, writes John Healy, and the Treasury has been unwilling to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

So he's got Rachel Reeves as well as Keir Starmer in his sights, and he's going down fighting, I guess.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

The issue is defence spending, more particularly what's known as the Defence Investment Plan, which he thought had been broadly agreed some time ago, which has been sitting on the Prime Minister's desk amid some very, very tough negotiations.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

So we've got a few immediate questions.

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

Who replaces him?

The Rest Is Politics
542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?

When does the defence investment plan get published?