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.

The vessel – an Astute-class submarine which is currently under construction in Barrow-in-Furness – was due to be named HMS Agincourt after an English victory over the French in 1415.

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The longbow was incredibly powerful and could ... The English victory at Agincourt against a numerically superior French army was a significant turning point in the Hundred Years’ War; the ...