Minister rules out two power standard for Royal Navy

Minister rules out two power standard for Royal Navy

A recent question in Parliament has inexplicably clarified the government’s position on whether the Royal Navy should return to the two power standard. Andrew Rosindell, the Conservative MP for Romford, asked the Ministry of Defence “whether he will make it his Department’s policy to reinstate the two-power standard as applied to the Royal Navy Fleet.” His question referenced the long standing benchmark used in the late nineteenth century to jud…