Ding ding ding! John Healey was pulling no punches this morning as he took aim at Reform UK on the airwaves. Nigel Farage’s party has slammed Prime Minister Keir Starmer for presiding over a ‘democratic disparity’ because despite having four MPs and managing ten councils, the party has no representation in the House of Lords. But when quizzed on the accusation today on LBC, the Defence Secretary was having none of it. ‘I’m not sure that parliament’s going to benefit from more Putin apologists like Nigel Farage, to be honest.’ Shots fired!

When pushed on whether this description may be a little strong, Healey refused to back down. He added:

Look at what he’s said about Russia, look at what he’s said about Putin in the past. Look what he said in the middle of the general election campaign.

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