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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.
Honour Mandela by scrapping Trident
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 December 2013 11:22
Letter to the Herald:
Words come easy and cost nothing. The only honest way to honour Nelson Mandela is not to add to the mountain of praise heaped on him, but to follow his footsteps in walking the long and arduous road to reconciliation.
In an impassioned speech to the UN on September 21 1998 Mandela called for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons and attacked the addiction of some states to “these terrible and terrifying weapons of mass destruction.”
SNP promises on disarmament
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- Published on Saturday, 07 December 2013 10:09
Bairns not bombs
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- Published on Thursday, 28 November 2013 10:58
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Mark McDonald MSP (SNP) said "Independence is about investment in Bairns not Bombs". Earlier Scottish Green Party co-convenor Patrick Harvie said that he would love to live in an independent Scotland that funds childcare not Weapons of Mass Destruction. This was then quoted by First Minister Alex Salmond in his speech on the independence White Paper.
Obsolete question of whether visiting warships are nuclear-armed
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 November 2013 11:58
Following publication of the Scottish Government's White Paper on independence there has been questioning of the SNP's response to the issue of whether they would allow visits from NATO warships if it was unclear whether or not they were carrying nuclear weapons. This was a serious issue in the 1980s and in particular was a bone of contention between New Zealand and the United States. However it has not been a live issue for 20 years.
An independent Scotland will Ban the Bomb
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 11:35
Scottish CND welcomed the Scottish Government's commitment to removing Trident by 2020. Coordinator John Ainslie said - "Scottish CND welcomes the commitment in the White Paper to removing Trident from Scotland and the proposal for a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons. If Scotland banned the bomb this would be widely welcomed, not just across this country but by most governments around the world."