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Time for Scotland to break up with nukes
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- Published on Friday, 14 February 2014 14:45
Dear Nukes,
It's time to live my life without you!
We've been forced to live together for 53 years, but I really never liked you. You are not the dream I have. You are destructive and hateful, and you spend all my savings.
It's time to put MYSELF first.
Scotland
A contribution to Global Zero's Break Up with Nukes campaign (enlarge image)
UK boycotts conference on effect of nukes
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- Published on Friday, 14 February 2014 13:50
The UK is boycotting a major conference in Mexico on the effect of nuclear weapons. Bill Kidd MSP has put down a motion in the Scottish Parliament which highlights this. Please ask your MSPs to support the motion.
Independence could halt Trident replacement - MPs
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- Published on Thursday, 06 February 2014 09:48
After contacting a range of MPs, Kiran Stacey and Carola Hoyos write in the Financial Times "Scottish independence would reignite the battle over the future of Britain's nuclear deterrent, driving up the price so much it might no longer be considered value for money, senior Westminster figures have told the Financial Times. MPs from all three main parties said they would reconsider whether or not to invest in a replacement for the Trident-based missile system in the event of a Yes vote in September."
Faslane workers vote to strike
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 February 2014 18:01
Commenting on the news that workers at the Faslane nuclear base have voted to take industrial action, Arthur West, Chair of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said, "We are concerned that this industrial dispute may be the result of the creeping privatisation of the British nuclear programme. The role which Babcock Marine play at Faslane has grown and the number of civilians directly employed by the Ministry of Defence has declined."peas for peace
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 February 2014 11:08
Short video of peas protesting for peace - Vine Video
MSPs oppose nuclear weapons' convoy
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 January 2014 19:45
A motion has been put down in the Scottish Parliament objecting to the nuclear weapons' convoy which drove through Glasgow in the early hours of Wednesday 29 January. So far it is supported by 21 MSPs. If you are concerned about these convoys, please ask your MSPs to support this, by using the online lobbying system writetothem.comNuclear convoy in Glasgow
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 January 2014 09:09
In the early hours of the morning on 29 January a 19-vehicle military convoy drove through Glasgow on the M74. It was bringing nuclear weapons from the Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield in Berkshire to the nuclear store at Coulport on Loch Long. The convoy left Burghfield on the morning of 28 January and arrived at Coulport at 1.25 am on the 29th. Further information, including a video of a similar convoy, is available from Nukewatch. (photo shows an earlier convoy)