Wes Streeting: “It is simply irresponsible, not to mention inaccurate, to suggest that the UK is incapable of defending the Falkland…”

This is worth reporting to the house; Pete Hegseth, my US counterpart, was keen to thank the United Kingdom for our leadership of Ukraine.

You can understand why, in a defence context, you don’t just take off all of the regulatory oversight and constraints because we are talking about lethal capability.

There’s rarely been a more important time for Britain and America to come together.

I’ve reached the same conclusion as every prime minister since Boris Johnson, including this one, which is the capabilities provided by that base makes it extremely unwise and a risk not worth taking to have legal uncertainty.