‘Woke nonsense’: Grant Shapps hits out at submarine’s new name
Grant Shapps hits out at submarine’s new name - Grant Shapps said ‘woke nonsense’ is being put ahead of tradition ...
Navy submarine name change is woke nonsense, says Shapps
HMS Agincourt has been renamed Achilles amid reports the defence ministry did not want to offend France.
Former British defense secretary calls Royal Navy’s submarine name change ‘woke nonsense’
Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name ...
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Royal Navy confirm BAE Systems built HMS Agincourt has been renamed
The Royal Navy has confirmed one of its submarines built in Barrow has been renamed as the HMS Achilles. Astute Class boats ...
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'Woke nonsense!' Navy chiefs to rename submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid offending the French
Defence Secretary John Healey is seeking the King's approval to rename HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, in a move that has ...
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Why calling a Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine 'HMS Achilles' is not 'woke nonsense'
We feel confident that France would not have been outraged if the submarine had been called HMS Agincourt, but HMS Achilles is, quite simply, a better name ...
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The UK’s defense secretary is Jewish, a first since the 1990s
Grant Shapps has said that he was once president of a branch of the BBYO Jewish youth movement. He is related to Mick Jones, the Jewish guitarist formerly in The Clash. (JTA) — Analysts have ...