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STARMER'S CLOWN CABINET IS NO LAUGHING MATTER | CHAGOS PHONE LIES & NO SHIPS

The Jon Gaunt Show

Jon Gaunt

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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STARMER'S CLOWN CABINET IS NO LAUGHING MATTER | CHAGOS PHONE LIES & NO SHIPS

#JohnHealey #KeirStarmer #MorganMcSweeney #JonGaunt #JongauntTV #Live #UKPolitics #RoyalNavy #ToyNavy #DefenceCrisis #UKDefence #Trump

Defence Secretary John Healey didn't even know how many ships the UK has today. Let that sink in.

The man in charge of Britain's defence… hasn't got a clue what we've actually got. And it gets worse. We're now being told Britain may have to borrow a ship from Germany. Borrow a ship. Britain.

 This is Keir Starmer's "serious" government. No wonder Trump's calling our carriers "toys". That's how weak we look. And while all that's going on — what are they doing? They're mired in a growing scandal over a stolen mobile phone, feeding the public absolute nonsense and expecting people to just swallow it. Does anyone actually believe a word coming out of Downing Street right now?

And why are they still protecting Peter Mandelson? Then you've got David Lammy releasing the wrong prisoners, borders wide open, and Rachel Reeves completely out of her depth. Eighteen U-turns in eighteen months. This isn't government — it's chaos. "The grown-ups are back"? Don't make me laugh.

🔴  #JohnHealey #KeirStarmer #MorganMcSweeney #JonGaunt #JongauntTV #Live #UKPolitics #RoyalNavy #ToyNavy #DefenceCrisis #UKDefence #BorrowingShip #GermanyShip #Chagos #DowningStreet #PhoneScandal #Mandelson #DavidLammy #RachelReeves #UKGovernment #PoliticalScandal #Britain #MilitaryCrisis #StarmerCabinet #UKNews

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0:00.0

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the John Gaunt podcast.

0:07.4

Well, I didn't think we'd have that much to talk about today, how wrong I was.

0:12.4

Today we're going to talk about Starmers Clown Cabinet and the fact that it's no laughing matter.

0:21.1

Also, I want to talk to you about the Chegos.

0:25.1

The phone lies.

0:26.6

That story's not going away.

0:28.6

And the fact that we've got no ships.

0:30.8

Well, it's not me saying that.

0:32.4

John Healy doesn't know if we've got any ships.

0:38.1

What do you make of that?

0:39.7

He's the bloody defence secretary,

0:42.8

and he didn't know how many ships we've actually got.

0:48.2

It's time for him to ship out.

0:50.7

Later this afternoon, you may not have seen this yet,

0:53.6

Donald Trump, the president of the free world,

0:57.4

called our Navy effectively a toy navy.

1:01.5

He wasn't having a go at the boys and girls who man our ships.

1:05.4

He's having to go at the lousy labor politicians and the ones before them

1:10.0

who haven't spent enough on defence.

1:14.3

Bassin up, this is going to be a cracking, cracking show.

1:19.7

Because tonight we have got a defence secretary, John Healy, who doesn't even know how many ships this great country has.

1:34.3

Just let that sink in for a minute.

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