# Failing Grayling double reports for duty as Reform’s armed forces spokesperson | John Crace

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/failing-grayling-double-reports-for-duty-as-reforms-armed-forces-spokesperson-john-crace/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:09:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T18:48:42+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov/05/angus-macintyre-reports-for-duty-reform-armed-forces-spokesperson
- Topics: Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Angus MacIntyre was named Reform UK’s armed forces spokesperson.
- He left the RAF after 40 years’ service.
- Farage criticised the 2035 defence spending target without proposing an alternative.

## Summary

Nigel Farage introduced former RAF wing commander Angus MacIntyre as Reform UK’s armed forces spokesperson at a London press conference. The article argues that the appointment came amid signs of strain within the party and mocks the event’s claims of Reform’s defence expertise.

MacIntyre resigned from the RAF after 40 years’ service, while Reform had not previously named a defence spokesperson and had limited parliamentary involvement in defence matters, according to the article. Farage said the world was more dangerous than at any point in 80 years and criticised the proposed 3.5% of GDP defence spending target for 2035, but did not set out a higher figure or how it would be funded.

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