Wes Streeting in front of a building damaged by Russian strikes in the Lukianivska district of Kyiv last week. via Associated PressWes Streeting has suffered an “unbelievable volume” of homophobic abuse since becoming defence secretary, he has revealed. Streeting added: “I am proud of the fact that in my lifetime we’ve gone from gay people not being allowed to serve in the military to a gay defence secretary. Advertisement“And we sat around over a cup of tea, talking about what had gone wrong. And inevitably, when you talk about what’s gone wrong, you give hints to each other about what you think you need to do to make it right.