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Should we replace Trident
Today Tony Blair is going to say that Britain's nuclear deterrent will be updated at a cost of �30-40 billion pounds. Just like the Iraq issue he will bludgeon his own MPs into accepting it. The tories in classical style know of no alternative as that put forward by the USA so a vote in the commons is a done deal.
SHOULD THE BRITISH PUBLIC BE GIVEN A REFERENDUM ON THIS ISSUE.
Probably no one would disagree to keeping our existing nuclear system but should we engage in another arms race ,for lets face it, to go ahead with this upgrade will only encourage other states to do so. ie Russia, China etc.
SHOULD THE BRITISH PUBLIC BE GIVEN A REFERENDUM ON THIS ISSUE.
Probably no one would disagree to keeping our existing nuclear system but should we engage in another arms race ,for lets face it, to go ahead with this upgrade will only encourage other states to do so. ie Russia, China etc.
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Yes Matt Exactly why base them on the Clyde? why not the Thames, the Tyne or the Mearsy Sorry to Liverpool if I spelt that wrong. When there is a nuclear war the first place to get hit will be the Clyde. So have Trident by o means but get it out of Scotland then lets see how the English will react to having it in there own back yard
to be honest, hopalong, if the Clyde gets nuked, I don't think England will exactly escape unscathed; the fallout from these things goes far and wide. But having your nuclear weapons in a particular place doesn't necessarily make it a target. Personally, if I was an al-Qaeda type with a nuke, I wouldn't waste my time on the Clyde (apologies to Scottish readers here...), I'd drop it straight on Westminster; wouldn't you? And I wouldn't be in the least deterred by the fact that Trident subs were roaming round the Falklands somewhere at the time.
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