Ex‑defence minister Al Carns decries 'unbelievable' MoD waste

"Al Carns is calling for national service" "Streeting is calling for new North Sea drilling" "Burnham is calling for tax cuts for pensioners" "Starmer is banning children from social media" These are all the same policy, from people who do not believe in power (soon they won't have to)

One of the first things that this government did was to turn the right to buy into a dead letter. Would Al Carns reverse it? Has a single Blue Labour politician *even noticed* that they did this?

In completely unrelated news, former armed forces minister Al Carns has told The Guardian there’s “unbelievable” waste and inefficiency at the Ministry of Defence. Do you think that’ll make the Daily Mail front page? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The biggest legacy project that should be scrapped is the £205 billion replacement of Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines! vist.ly/57wi4

The famous Tory voter Al Carns humbly asks his Labour colleagues to chase the phantom votes of miners and shipbuilders, demographics that haven’t drawn breath or toiled in this country for decades.

Just saw a headline starting "Labour leadership frontrunner Al Carns" Polling of various contenders as head-to-head matches against Starmer last month had Carns ranked *eleventh* in potential candidates.

Labour’s Bravest and Most Prime Ministerial Boy here, giving an exclusive interview where he explains that somebody, somewhere - who knows really - has completely fucked it and somebody better sort it out ASAP www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Al Carns is not the Messiah, just a tiresome little ex-Tory 'Blue' Labour twat hankering after a faux imagined muscular worker past.

There’s something deeply suspicious about Al Carns. One day he’s a Tory voting Royal Marine, the next he’s a Labour candidate in one of their safest seats, and the first anyone hears about him, he’s named as a dark horse for the next leader.

Al Carns resigned because he wanted provision to build dreadnoughts in the defence budget.

Why quit to give the MoD even more money if there is "unbelievable" waste and inefficiency? Interesting interview with Al Carns. Believes Labour shouldn't be in a leadership crisis but is so needs to make the change and move on. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Oh my god yes Al Carns for PM Banter Timeline+

Al Carns doing an about turn from "non-partisan military guy who just wants to serve" to "Blue Labour fantasist" is an exceptional plot twist

slightly off-topic, but the vibes I get from Al Carns is that he'll be a genuinely atrocious Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under Burnham

‘Unbelievable’ waste and inefficiency at MoD, says ex-defence minister @alcarns.bsky.social TLDR: Money already spent on projects with poor outcomes doesn’t justify spending more on those projects. Instead, spend scarce funds on new projects with better outcomes www.theguardian.com/politics/202...