another day, another fiasco
now the shadow defence secretary is giving the finger to Corbyn
'But she appeared to back Sir Nicholas, telling Andrew Marr: "I understand the point that he is making. It is the point that I made myself when Jeremy said what he said."
She defended the right of Britain's most senior military figure to speak out on such a politically sensitive issue.
"I don't think there is anything wrong with him expressing himself in those terms," she said.
She indicated she could resign if there was any change to the party's current position in favour of renewing the Trident submarine fleet.
"I am not a unilateral nuclear disarmer. I don't believe that that works.
"I think I would find it difficult [to continue in the shadow cabinet] but we are not there yet. We have got a big process to go through," she said.'
now the shadow defence secretary is giving the finger to Corbyn
'But she appeared to back Sir Nicholas, telling Andrew Marr: "I understand the point that he is making. It is the point that I made myself when Jeremy said what he said."
She defended the right of Britain's most senior military figure to speak out on such a politically sensitive issue.
"I don't think there is anything wrong with him expressing himself in those terms," she said.
She indicated she could resign if there was any change to the party's current position in favour of renewing the Trident submarine fleet.
"I am not a unilateral nuclear disarmer. I don't believe that that works.
"I think I would find it difficult [to continue in the shadow cabinet] but we are not there yet. We have got a big process to go through," she said.'
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