Al Carns: “We have the ideas, we have the talent, but we need the courage and leadership to deliver them. That's what comes next.”

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.

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

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

Until the country was spending what it needed to spend on defence, I would keep making that case from the backbenches.