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John Healey’s ‘joint declaration’ with Germany is pure waffle

25 July 2024

6:21 PM

25 July 2024

6:21 PM

The new cabinet cannot be accused of laziness. John Healey, secretary of state for defence, has just been on a 48-hour tour of France, Germany, Poland and Estonia, all of them important military allies in different ways, trumpeting the new government’s ‘NATO-first’ defence policy.

The highlight of Healey’s breakneck trip was his meeting with the German defence minister, Boris Pistorius.

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