“Either the Prime Minister or the Chancellor has to resign.”
That’s not Nigel Farage, not some backbench “hard right” MP– it’s Lord Dannatt, former head of the British Army, spelling out how serious this defence betrayal is.
A PM begs for money to plug a £28bn hole in the forces, the Chancellor refuses, and Labour’s answer is… to brief the lobby, kick the can to 2027, and hope nobody notices while the Army shrinks and threats grow.
If Starmer can’t overrule his own Chancellor on something as basic as keeping the country safe, he’s not “grown‑up”, he’s a bystander in his own government – and Dannatt is right: one of them has to go. Or ideally both.