'Britain's defence is shameful, embarrassing and humiliating - something is rotten with the state of our Navy,' Jacob Rees-Mogg says

'Britain's defence is shameful, embarrassing and humiliating - something is rotten with the state of our Navy,' Jacob Rees-Mogg says

jIn 1935, George V celebrated his Diamond Jubilee and he reviewed the fleet. And as he looked out from Spithead, he could see ships as far as the eye could see. There was an enormous fleet. Britannia genuinely ruled the waves. But now the reduction we've seen is extraordinary. In 1945, Well, I accept that's the end of the war. There were 1400 ships and 700,000 personnel. By 1990, there's a drop to 160 ships and 63,000 personnel. And now it's pre…