Wes Streeting: “But I appreciate these are very serious issues and am sorry for any offence inadvertently caused by this moment of…”

What I think my resignation did that week was force choices for others.

In my first week, someone in the MoD said to me: 'As a gay man, I'm really proud that we have our first gay defence secretary - It means a lot to many of us who remember the bad old days.'

An unbelievable volume, because people cannot cope with the idea that a gay person might lead the armed forces of the United Kingdom.

So, I’m absolutely confident that I’ve received no money from Sam Bankman-Fried.