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John Healey Was Asked To ‘Preside Over The Death Of The Royal Navy’ | Tom Tugendhadt
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8:01Now Playing“The war in Iran exposed the fact that we simply did not have a warship able to protect our allies and our interests in the Persian Gulf, and we had to ask the French to step in to protect our sovereign bases in Cyprus.”
Former Conservative MP says that John Healey resigned as defence secretary because he refused "to preside over the death of the royal navy”.
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