Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Spring Walk for Peace 1-7 April 2014

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Published on Friday, 20 December 2013 16:49

A nuclear-free Scotland is possible!

In 2013 Holyrood took a strong stance, opposing Trident and in April next year, Scottish CND is planning to walk from the Scottish Parliament to carry this message to the nuclear submarine base at Faslane. The week-long walk will include a send-off rally at the Scottish Parliament (1 April 2014), a March and Rally in Glasgow (Sat 5 April 2014) and meetings and discussions with communities and their elected representatives across central Scotland. We believe that the theme, ‘Cut Trident – not jobs and services’, will chime with the aspirations of millions of people in Scotland.

Please take part in the walk or in the events along the route.
If you want more information please visit www.springwalk.org (under construction) or email us if you have any queries.

£100 billion cost of Trident replacement

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Published on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:52

A report by Malcolm Chalmers for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) says that the lifetime costs of the Trident replacement would be between £70 billion and £80 billion. However, the total would be even higher. Chalmers assumes a 25 year life for the new system. However, the MOD have said that one advantage of incorporating the new PWR3 reactor design will be an increase in service life. A presentation by Babcocks says that the planned retirement date for the Successor submarine in 2067. This means that the new submarine would be in service for around 30 years. The extra 5 years in-service would increase the total cost to £78 - 96 billion.

Better Together... with Trident

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Published on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 11:40

The Chair of the No campaign thinks that we are Better Together with Trident. But he is wrong.

As Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling increased the amount spent each year on nuclear weapons, from £1.7 billion in 2007 to £2 billion in 2010. He funded the project which is building a new nuclear weapon system to replace Trident.

In March 2013 the "Better Together" campaign issued apro-Trident briefing. This said that nuclear weapons are "the ultimate guarantee of our national security". The three political parties which support Better Together are all committed, not just to Trident but to its replacement which will cost £100 billion.

Tory defence expert and Labour representatives call to scrap Trident

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Published on Tuesday, 17 December 2013 09:54

While James Arbuthnot - Chair of Commons Defence Committee expressed his doubts on Trident, the MoD confirmed another £79million contract for the pre-order replacement stage and plan to spend £100 billion of the public money on nuclear weapons.

“Nuclear deterrence does not provide the certainty that it seemed to in the past. It’s not an insurance policy; it is a potential body trap. With the budget shrinking, you have to wonder whether this is an appropriate use of very scarce resources “– James Arbuthnot MP

Help the search for Jamie Taggart

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Published on Friday, 13 December 2013 17:54

Assistance is being sought for the search for Scottish botanist Jamie Taggart who has been missing for several weeks in Vietnam. Jamie is the son of Jim Taggart, who has played an active role in CND for many years.  Jamie looks after Linn Gardens which is near the Coulport nuclear base. He was on a plant-hunting trip when he went missiing.

In addition to the official search, experienced local guides have been recruited to look for him. If you wish to contribute to this, please make out a cheque to "Friends of Linn Gardens" and post it to Jim Taggart, The Linn, Cove, Helensburgh, G84 0NR.