The debate is not simply about submarines and missiles. It touches almost every anxiety about the identity of the United Kingdom. The decision may tell us what kind of country – or countries – we will become by Ian Jack via The … Read More
Britain will also contribute troops to a new 6,000-strong force that is intended to act as a deterrent by Ewen MacAskill via The Guardian The UK is to send five extra ships to the Baltic as part of a … Read More
Trident needs a sensible, mature debate. Labour MPs’ bickering simply plays into the Tories’ hands by deflecting attention from their European split by Owen Jones via The Guardian Last night, a group of Labour MPs yelled down the shadow defence secretary, … Read More
Jeremy Corbyn says executive to decide whether to introduce rules that could see end of support for nuclear deterrent Jeremy Corbyn has cleared the way for Labour party members to be given a decisive role in whether to change … Read More
The United Nations General Assembly adopts countless resolutions on nuclear weapons, every year. But this year something was different. At the UN headquarters in New York, a significant battle over nuclear weapons took place. by Beatrice Fihn via Huffpost Politics … Read More
Select committee update A full list of winning candidates for select committee chair is now available online. Treasury - Mr Andrew Tyrie Backbench business - Ian Mearns Defence - Dr Julian Lewis Foreign Affairs - Crispin Blunt Media watch 15th June 2015 SIPRI Yearbook 2015: new data … Read More
by Dr Rebecca Johnson Driven by “the imperative of human security for all”, Austria pledged at the HINW conference to work to “stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons in light of their unacceptable humanitarian consequences and associated risksâ€. The Third International Conference on … Read More
The Third International Conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons (HINW) opens in Vienna today, with arguments for humanitarian disarmament growing in strength. This time the UK and the US will attend. What will be the likely outcome? by Rebecca Johnson via … Read More
