Al Carns: “Firstly, because I no longer believe the defence investment plan was preparing for the wars we are most likely to fight.…”

To take another role now, in another department, would suggest that it has.

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.

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

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