Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name change by the Royal Navy “woke nonsense” to avoid offending the French.

Amid speculation the change was prompted to avoid offending the French, former defence secretary Grant Shapps said: “Renaming the HMS Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege. “This submarine ...

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 ...

Grant Shapps was last night told he should be 'working flat out' at building up the UK's Armed Forces amid claims he is plotting to become the next Tory leader. As the dangers Britain faces were ...

More details: Grant Shapps also criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not visiting Ukraine since taking office. Sir Gavin Williamson, who was the UK’s defence secretary from 2017 to 2019 ...

Amid speculation the change was prompted to avoid offending the French, former defence secretary Grant Shapps - who lost his Welwyn Hatfield seat to Labour’s Andrew Lewin in the 2024 General ...

When Grant Shapps was pulled in to Rishi Sunak’s office in 10 Downing Street on 22 May, he hoped there was still time to avert disaster. With rumours swirling around Westminster of plans by the ...