New Defence Secretary Wes Streeting hurried down to the Farnborough Air show, where arms manufacturers sell their wares, to make his first keynote speech. Streeting promised new arms contracts worth over £11 billion and pledged unstinting support for rearmament in a speech that never deviated from Ministry of Defence approved themes. It was Healey who resigned because Starmer and then Chancellor Rachel Reeves refused to hike arms spending quite as high as Healey and the military were demanding. Now Healey has taken over the Chancellor’s job from Reeves, while the other figure mainly responsible for plotting against Starmer, Wes Streeting, is Defence Secretary. Healey is an arms spending extremist and he will ensure that the military and the arms industry get everything they want from the government.