Thousands of protesters including Jeremy Corbyn and other party leaders gather in London for CND march and rally by Mark Townsend via The Guardian Thousands of protesters have assembled in central London for Britain’s biggest anti-nuclear weapons rally in a … Read More
via OpenDemocracy With opposition to Trident growing, the British government has refused to join this week’s UN multilateral nuclear disarmament talks on practical measures to build global security without nuclear weapons. As thousands gather to demonstrate in … Read More
The Green MP on why she will be protesting against the UK’s nuclear fleet. by Caroline Lucas via The New Statesman FLICKR/DEFENCE IMAGES Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook noted that Trident was “worse than irrelevant” for dealing with the international … Read More
Press Association via The Guardian Ash Carter says it is important the UK has military might that backs up ‘its moral standing and its historical standing’ in world Britain must keep its Trident nuclear deterrent to maintain its “outsized” role in … Read More
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
A joint statement on nuclear disarmament was delivered at a U.N. General Assembly committee meeting Monday, drawing support from more than 150 countries including Japan, the broadest international backing among the five similar documents issued so far at the United … Read More