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.

Grant Shapps has said that he was once president ... three generations ago in eastern Europe,” he told the U.K. Jewish News. He traces his interest in politics and his understanding of how ...

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 ...

And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock ... former defence secretary Grant Shapps said: “Renaming the HMS Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege.

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 ...

On this day five years ago - January 29, 2020 - transport secretary, Grant Shapps, announced that Northern Rail services would be brought under public control, with the Operator of Last Resort to ...