Trident
UK NGOs: Government is on wrong side of history boycotting ban negotiations
Today, ICAN UK sent a letter on behalf of 34 NGOs to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, emphasising our disappointment with the UK government’s current position on the ban treaty negotiations starting at the UN in New York next...
YouGov Poll: 75% of the public in favour of British government attending UN Nuclear Ban Treaty negotiations
via Pressenza 75% of UK adults think the British Government should be represented at nuclear disarmament talks due to begin at the United Nations next week. Only 9% said the Government should not attend and 16% were undecided. The opinion poll was conducted in the...
Nukes of Hazard: Nuclear Bomb Convoys on our Roads
Commissioned by ICAN UK, supported by The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, produced by Rob Edwards.
Playing with Fire: Nuclear Weapons Accidents and Incidents in the United Kingdom
by Peter Burt, Nuclear Information Service: http://nuclearinfo.org
Parliamentary Briefing – Nuclear Ban Treaty – Acronym Institute Feb 2017
Hiroshima: do the British Members of Parliament remember?
When Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said she'd press the nuclear button during the July 18 vote on Trident, what does that mean on the 71st anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing? Trident Part 2. Trident Part 1. by Rebecca Johnson via OpenDemocracy During the...
Trident in a time warp: party politics vs defence needs
by Rebecca Johnson via OpenDemocracy As Britain and Europe reeled from Brexit Theresa May rushed through the vote on Trident replacement. Was this strong leadership or our human security being sacrificed to expediency? Part 1. In her first parliamentary debate as...
Briefing for MPs: Trident – Worse than irrelevant
UN talks on multilateral disarmament: you can run but you can’t hide.
As debate in the UK is pre-occupied with renewal of Trident there is an apparent lack of awareness that the world of non-proliferation and disarmament is changing around us. by Steven Hucklesby via OpenDemocracy The UK has consistently opposed discussion at the...