Ex-Army Officer calls on generals to 'stand down' in protest against Keir Starmer after double resignation
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A former Army Officer has urged generals to step away from their positions in protest against Sir Keir Starmer following the resignations of John Healey and Al Carns.Speaking to GB News, Hamish De Bretton-Gordon said the armed forces feel "completely let down" by the Prime Minister.Following John Healey's resignation as Defence Secretary on Thursday, Al Carns also resigned as Armed Forces Minister, telling GB News he had been considering his departure "for a long time".He said: "I know what the Armed Forces need, and I also know how to challenge the Armed Forces in some preconceived ideas of what they think they need, and I wasn't included in that, and I was pretty grumpy about it." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Reacting to the double departure, Mr Bretton-Gordon expressed his disappointment in how the "two most principal and honourable members of the Cabinet have now gone".He told GB News: "This is a crucial debate.
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