Al Carns: “A really honest conversation with the population about the threats we face”

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

The argument I resigned over has not yet been settled.

The Prime Minister knows exactly what John stands for and that appointment is meaningful and I welcome it.

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.