Joe Pike
speaker
1,291 appearances
16 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 6 Sep
Joe Pike’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Who knows?
He hasn't given an interview yet.
Just saying there's an empty chair in the studio anytime you fancy it, Mr. Healy.
There might be a resignation speech in the Commons this week, right?
So, you know, of course, John Healy is somebody who is seen as incredibly loyal, but he's also somebody who has been incredibly frustrated and cross about where government has got to.
It's not necessarily the case that he has caused all the damage that he could have.
I don't think he's the kind of character who's going to try and go around and take a wrecking ball to everything.
But also, we shouldn't underestimate how big a deal it is for a defence secretary to resign.
I mean, it is massive, this.
It hardly ever happens.
That's right.
So you've got to go back to Michael Heseltine in 1986 storming out over Westland for the last time that a defence secretary resigned over a kind of a terrible difference of opinion rather than having to resign because something went wrong and it was a bit embarrassing.
It's a really big deal.
And, you know, when the news moves so fast now, you know, it's...
We should underline, I think, to newscasters how significant Healy quitting was in terms of Starmer's authority, his credibility.
I think number 10 will be, I don't want to sound cynical, but I think they'll be delighted to have been able to make this announcement about the Shadow Fleet being stormed this morning.
But that doesn't take away from the fact that Healy has put a pretty big hole in one of Starmer's last sort of protecting flanks to use all sorts of terrible military metaphors in a slightly cringeworthy way.
And at this point, Starmer is still determined to fight on.
I was told intriguingly last night, and it's telling that people are
People are telling journalists this.
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