Labour: Navy chief should quit over Clyde threat

The head of the Royal Navy should be “made to walk the plank” and get the sack Labour MPs have demanded after he suggested that the next generation of frigates could be built in France and not on the Clyde.

The issue of where the new Type 26 frigates are to be built dominated Scottish questions in the Commons following The Scotsman’s revelations about Admiral Sir George Michael Zambellas’ threat to take the contract abroad.

Admiral Zambellas said: “The acquisition process looks for a solution to give us what we need. The affordability question… depends on the best that industry can deliver.”

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