This is EXCRUCIATING to watch. This interview should immediately end John Healey's political career. Even Sly News can see he's completely out of his depth, and amazingly they don't give him an inch. I've never seen anything like it. This is terrifying. We are totally screwed

So rather than deploy our own destroyers in advance of the start of military operations, we didn’t bother as the US had destroyers in the Med. So, it was hoped or expected that US destroyers would protect Cyprus while denying the US the use of UK bases?

@cheekyblinder11 Starmer has surrounded himself with incompetent fuckwits.

Here's a question. If it's imperative to keep an extremist Muslim country from becoming a nuclear power, isn't it equally imperative that we keep a country that is a nuclear power from becoming an extremist Muslim country?

Why the fuck is this happening? Just fucking why? Why, in a nation of millions of people, do we have to have those fucking imbeciles in charge? It's agonising to watch. Reeves can't even pretend to be normal for 5 seconds. Starmer has the most nauseating voice and personality in the history of politics, and now this! I have never seen anything like this!

We have buffoons for cabinet members. It’s a real problem. If they aren’t captured ideologically, then they appear to be Chinese spies, PDFile apologists or science deniers

@EAZO7 A rank amateur. As the entire Labour Cabinet are. Embarrassing.

@JanetWestern "That's where our navy should be"

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! 😖😡 America gets hardcore Pete, who benches 315kg - and we get this massive fucking gaylord. Fucksake 😖😡

What doesn’t this Government understand. They have been shouting Death To America Death To Britain Death To Israel for over 40 years. What did he think they would do fly off on a magic carpet.

“Last year the Iranian attacks targeted only military installations” Iranian attack last year …. 👇🏽

It's not only America furious with Starmer and rightly so, it is Cyprus, the Gulf States including the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar all saying Starmer has not done enough or quick enough. National embarrassment for our once great country. What will it take to get rid of this shower, we keep saying it will be this or that, every time they mess up but they are still frustratingly in government, but not governing.

@swann49 It should end the entire government, not just Starmer’s fall guy. We need a general election now, before Labour destroys what's left of the UK, its economy and global reputation.

I'm sorry, did he just describe ballistic missiles with cluster munitions on Israeli cities last June as "proportionate" and directed at military installations?

Staggering ineptitude. I wouldn’t put any of our government ministers in charge of a local supermarket, let alone a country.

@maca_13_9 Typical of this fucking useless government Everything that happens they lie and lie again

@Rosaleana51 More Labour incompetence and bullshit from this clown……..does anyone in Europe feel more confident in Britains response after hearing this waffle??? The answer is NO.

@MaxiMumMother Help is on the way to Cyprus

What is Healey talking about last year Iranian response being proportionate at military targets? Tell that to patients in Soroka hospital or the families living in bombed apartments. Pathetic, lying Sec of Defence should have resigned at Cabinet when the UK surrendered.

It’s painful to see the UK being globally humiliated on a daily basis Healey’s past his sell buy date.

Healey is an incompetent moron. He looks pathetic. Usual labour shit, avoid the question and lie through your teeth. What an absolute embarrassment labour are making this country look.

He should be sacked. Beyond negligent.

No military background whatsoever. Mind-blowing that he could ever be in this role in the first place.

It's evident the British leadership hates Donald Trump, they despise the American way, however they depend on American ships to protect them. It is so sad to see that the once great Britain has become so impotent.

I bet he thought, "Perfect, I'll stand in front of a couple of jets. That'll make a good photo for my office, looking all ministerial and serious. Oh no, he's asking about our defence strategy, not the weather..."

Get more sense out of a corpse.

@BlickyIan Lee, shit the fuck up. Cyprus isn’t the only thing that needs protecting from Ballistic missiles.

I watched this and the only word that sprung to mind was “numpty”

His military experience consists of buying a tent from the Army and Navy stores when he was 10.

Is there anyone in this current government that isnt totally inept at their role? I mean ffs it's like watching an episode of Drop the Dead Donkey!!

@Greg33496529 Well he’s no wartime Defence Secretary. Healey and wanker Starmer have had weeks to prepare whilst they knew Trump was building up his forces. The fact the French 🏳️of all nations (we’re grateful though) have stepped up to help defend our sovereign territory is unforgivable.

The Juvenile impulse to want to thumb his nose at Trump & America is so obvious. Thought he could get away with it unscathed.... People like this are as bad as DEI Hires.

Bumbling your way through an interview does not sound as if you have a coherent plan of action. @JohnHealey_MP needs to better explain what the strategy was and what gaps there were. At this rate you'll begin to sound if you're incompetent at best.

Why is does he keep saying,we had US destroyers in the region,no America had US destroyers in the region ,it had fuck all to do with him ,he’s irrelevant,he does not have any say in American decisions