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No Place for Trident
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- Published on Monday, 14 April 2014 08:18
A new report from Scottish CND sets out how a Yes vote in September is likely to result in nuclear disarmament. It argues that an independent Scotland will not negotiate a deal to keep Trident. There are no viable sites for relocating Britain's nuclear weapons, so the government of the rest of the UK can be expected to decide that Trident should be scrapped."This new report explains in detail how a Yes vote is likely to result in the removal of nuclear weapons from Scotland and in the London government deciding to scrap Trident. It shows that Scots have a real opportunity in September to have an impact on nuclear disarmament."
The 30-page report is available at: http://www.banthebomb.org/images/stories/pdfs/noplacefortrident.pdf
Glasgow Demo 5 April 2014
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- Published on Thursday, 10 April 2014 12:48
Glasgow Demo - A Nuclear Free Scotland is Possible, Spring Walk for Peace took place on April 5
Speakers were: Nicola Sturgeon MSP (Deputy First Minister)
Lesley Riddoch (Broadcaster & journalist)
Rev Sally Foster Fulton (Church of Scotland)
Agnes Tolmie (STUC)
Sadie Docherty (Glasgow Lord Provost)
Martha Wardrop (Scottish Green Party)
Photos here
First Day of the Spring Walk
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 April 2014 11:16
The Spring Walk for Peace set of yesterday, April 1st from the Scottish Parliament.
Around 100 people attended the set off Rally and listened to words of encouragements and commitment from Public Health Minister Michael Matheson (SNP) Patrick Harvie MSP (Green Party) and Jean Urquhart MSP (Independent).
Other MSPs (SNP, Green and Labour) like: Bill Kidd, Marco Biagi, Fiona McLeod, Alison Johnstone, Mary Fee, Graeme Dey and Maureen Watt joined the first steps of the one week long walk for nuclear disarmament.
We received various messages of encouragement from other MSPs like Christian Allard.
First Minister himself sent us a letter of encouragement and support as he could not join the Spring Walk.
Peace Campers board nuclear submarine
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- Published on Friday, 21 March 2014 10:00
Two campaigners from Faslane Peace Camp were arrested on Wednesday morning aboard the Royal Navy submarine HMS Ambush at its berth in Faslane. Security at the site - home to Britain's Trident nuclear weapons and headquarters of the Royal Navy – was again called into question by the protestors' actions.
Speaking today following her release from custody, boarding party member Heather Stewart (29) expressed surprise at the success of the action. 'I am amazed and disturbed by the accessibility of the UK's top defence site. Up to eighty nuclear warheads are often stationed here, along with several nuclear reactors. We thought we could get in, but not that we would be arrested within meters of nuclear materials.'
Stop wasting billions on Trident
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- Published on Monday, 17 March 2014 17:00
The UK is spending £3 billion every year on nuclear weapons. That's £100 every second that is wasted and not spent on vital services.
MOD propose increase to Faslane waste
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- Published on Sunday, 16 March 2014 12:02
The Ministry of Defence are proposing to increase the amount of radioactive waste they discharge from Faslane and Coulport. An article by Rob Edwards in the Sunday Herald explains how this is the result of a projected in increase in the number of nuclear submarines at the base.
This comes just a week after the announcement that the MOD had kept secret for two years a radiation leak at the Trident prototype reactor in Dounreay. Following this incident the Scottish Government said they would introduce legislation to strengthen the powers of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA).
Edinburgh calls for end to defence nuclear immunity
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 17:26
Currently all defence nuclear sites in Scotland are exempt from full regulation by safety agencies, such as SEPA. Following the MOD's gagging of the regulators over the radiation leak at the Trident prototype reactor at Dounreay in 2012, the Scottish Government today called for the removal of the MOD's immunity.