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UK pledges disarmament while upgrading nuclear weapons

It is shameful that both main political parties, far from phasing out our our so-called deterrent, insist on upgrading a weapons system that is as anachronistic as it is unaffordable.

The world unites against nuclear danger: so why is Gordon Brown upgrading Trident?  Telegraph UK By Mary Riddell World April 14th, 2010 “…….While Mr Netanyahu is a prime obstacle to global security, Britain cannot claim nearly as much credit as it would like.  Gordon Brown, who is pledged, like Obama, to creating a nuclear free world,  is going an odd way about it.

Labour’s manifesto, like the Tories’, commits to maintaining our  nuclear weapons. The planned replacement of Trident, which may cost £76 billion, is not even to be included in the forthcoming Strategic Defence Review.

The PM’s one small move was to suggest giving up one of Britain’s four nuclear-armed submarines as part of a “global grand bargain’. A few days ago, however, the Daily Telegraph reported that defence minister Quentin Davies has now promised shipyard workers that all four boats will be retained.

Obama’s lead demands that nations of honour and goodwill move forward with him. If they do not, then little will change. It is shameful that both main political parties, far from phasing out our our so-called deterrent, insist on upgrading a weapons system that is as anachronistic as it is unaffordable.The world unites against nuclear danger: so why is Gordon Brown upgrading Trident? – Telegraph Blogs

April 14, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1 | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons