Al Carns: “What I would say is I'm not ready to make a decision on this in any way, shape or form.”

Is it the healthiest nation in Europe, is it adding a trillion pounds onto our GDP, is national security important, how do we get the next generation to have a better deal than the last generation et cetera, et cetera.

John resigned for the same reasons I did. He is a man of his word and he has made it clear that he will deliver on the commitments that led him to leave government in the first place.

The argument I resigned over has not yet been settled.

I generally think Keir Starmer is a good man, he’s an honest man, and he’s an integral man.