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Scottish CND at the Glasgow West End Festival
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 13:25
Scottish CND took part in the West End Festival in Glasgow.
We had a stall and a float in the parade.
Spring Walk Video
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 May 2014 09:25
Video of the Spring Walk for Peace 2014.
Many thanks to all those taking part and to Clan Destiny Films who joined our journey and put so much effort in producing this video.
If you want to see more about this event please visit www.springwalk.org
Scottish CND registers as campaigner for Yes vote
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 May 2014 08:43
The Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been registered by the Electoral Commission as a campaigning participant for a Yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.Shortage of key staff undermines safety of Trident
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- Published on Sunday, 18 May 2014 08:42
The safety of Trident has been undermined because the Ministry of Defence (MoD) do not have enough qualified and experienced nuclear workers. Across the civilian and military workforce around one in ten of these key positions are vacant. The MoD's own nuclear regulator has described this as the principle threat to the safety of the Defence Nuclear Programme.
Writing in the Sunday Herald, the environmental journalist Rob Edwards says this shortage of key engineers "could threaten the safety of nuclear weapons and submarines on the Clyde". SNP defence spokesman Angus Robertson MP said "This is extremely dangerous and unsustainable and lays bare the reality of the risks of the shambolic MoD cuts agenda". Nuclear engineer John Large added that "The nuclear safety implications arising from this could be onerous".
Trident a red line issue for SNP
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- Published on Thursday, 15 May 2014 12:00
An article in the New Statesman argues that Trident is a red line issue for the SNP and so it won't be a bargaining chip after a Yes vote. James Maxwell writes -
"It is difficult to overstate the strength of the SNP's opposition to nuclear weapons. The current generation of SNP leaders grew up marching against Polaris in the 1970s and its replacement, Trident, in the 1980s. For nationalists, the presence of nuclear submarines on the Clyde symbolises both Scotland's lack of sovereignty and Westminster's disregard for Scottish interests. Unilateralism is in the party's blood."
Dalgetty Bay saga reveals MOD culture of secrecy
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- Published on Thursday, 15 May 2014 11:46
The UK government have finally published a COMARE report on the health risks from radioactive contamination at Dalgety Bay. The Ministry of Defence have tried for the last 6 months to keep this document out of the public domain.Response to Sunday Post poll
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- Published on Sunday, 11 May 2014 14:54
Letter printed in Sunday Post 11 May:
The Sunday Post should be congratulated for highlighting the importance of nuclear weapons in the independence debate. However your opinion poll was misleading. It included an option of a less powerful and cheaper alternative to Trident. This is not a real option. The Conservative and Labour parties have both firmly ruled out any alternative type of nuclear weapon system. They are both wedded to a system similar to Trident. Your poll shows that only 22% of Scots support this.
John Ainslie, Coordinator, Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Dismament