"An age for hard power": defence secretary butters up corporate elites in City speech

"An age for hard power": defence secretary butters up corporate elites in City speech

According to defence secretary John Healey, we are in an age of hard power. China, Russia, Iran, and the India-Pakistan conflict were all mentioned in his latest speech. So were nukes. Even an endorsement of US president Donald Trump’s views on Europe. Yet despite British support for Israel’s slaughter there, Gaza didn’t merit a single mention. Healey, an arch Blairite who was in Blair’s cabinet from 1997, heaped praise on the City of London, th…