All the flimflam and palaver amount to nothing in the face of domestic realities. Perhaps the UK’s John Healey has done us all a good turn Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The resignation of the UK defence minister John Healey, along with the armed forces minister Al Carns, has driven another nail into the coffin of Keir Starmer’s prime ministership. This was no inadvertent injury to the prime minister, but a signal on Healey’s part that he’s a leadership candidate – or at least a deserving member of any new prime minister’s cabinet.