🚨Wes Streeting only talked about how the UK needs to prepare for food shortages and cyber attacks, because I asked him when the government was going to start its national conversation on defence during a question and answer session at the opening of a gun hall. If the defence secretary hadn’t given such a meaningful reply (thank you @wesstreeting), then no government minister would have spoken out publicly about this topic on the day that the Cabinet Office finally published its new advice on being ready for emergencies. This long-awaited “Be Ready” moment was meant to be a really important signal - launching a three year campaign to shift the whole of our society to a footing that is more resilient to any kind of shock. Instead, no government minister had been scheduled to speak publicly today specifically to launch this vital piece of work. It was just going to be a website update and a written statement to Parliament. This does not send the signal that getting the UK ready for any potential disaster - up to and including war - is a top priority for our new prime minister… skynews-defence.noosphere.ap…