The favourite question of the UK press "how will you pay for it?" is met with vague mumbles about cutting it from welfare, with absolutely no follow-up on which part of welfare or what the consequences of those cuts would be.
The John Healey business is a case study in How Britain Actually Works. A big policy demand is advanced by Tony Blair, a minister resigns to acclamation, some spooky MP you never heard of gets lots of attention, generals pop up in support, not a breath of dissent or scepticism.