Admiral Lord Alan West has reacted with fury (Image: GETTY )
Admiral Lord Alan West, former First Sea Lord, launched an attack on the “PC-brigade” after a British maritime museum made the decision to refer to its boats as “it” in order to appear gender neutral. He called Britain’s history and traditions not to be “held hostage by people who choose to be perennially offended”. Writing for the Daily Telegraph said: “It’s about time that those in charge of our institutions realised that they cannot let a vocal minority of right-on fools, often utilising the power of social media, push the rest of us around.
“Our history and traditions cannot be held hostage by people who choose to be perennially offended.”
His attack comes after the Scottish Maritime Museum abandoned calling ships ‘she’ in favour of making them gender neutral after vandals scratched out
