The defence debate is real but the politics isn't.
It feels like the 1930s but nobody knows where Hitler is.
Is he in Moscow, Tehran or Beijing, or all 3? Is he in Clacton, Belfast or Washington DC? And none of those cheering John Healey's resignation support taking action.
ALT John Healey eith a look of bewilderment
Italian defence minister to Healey.
“I find myself in agreement with almost everything you have written, and the thoughts you have made public today have often been my own as well.
I have chosen to wait for less difficult times, hoping for a positive evolution of the current circumstances”