Al Carns: “Spending 2.68% of GDP by 2030 is not a serious answer to a world where the character of warfare has changed…”

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

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

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

I resigned in June because I did not believe the defence funding on the table was adequate for the threats this country faces. I said so publicly and I still stand by every word.