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The Articles of War (currently Part I of the Naval Discipline Act 1957) are about to be replaced by the Armed Forces Bill currently before Parliament.
Apart from the fact that we will soon not have a specific naval "Articles of War", the Bill will abolish the current Article 1 (s. 1, Naval Discipline Act 1957), which reads:
This has headed every Articles of War since they first were issued in the 1650s, but there is no equivalent provision in the new Bill.
I think this is another step down the slippery slope of political correctness, atheism and general pinko leftyism.
Apart from the fact that we will soon not have a specific naval "Articles of War", the Bill will abolish the current Article 1 (s. 1, Naval Discipline Act 1957), which reads:
All officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be observed.
This has headed every Articles of War since they first were issued in the 1650s, but there is no equivalent provision in the new Bill.
I think this is another step down the slippery slope of political correctness, atheism and general pinko leftyism.