Al Carns: “I cannot "in good conscience stand at the dispatch box and defend a level of investment I know to be inadequate to the…”

Constant never-ending legal wranglings that undermine the contract between a nation and those that serve is neither a good use of taxpaying money nor an effective execution of strategy.

internal blood letting was not in the party's best interests

I said so publicly and I still stand by every word.

bold and courageous" decision to fund defence, Al Carns has said