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Poll on Trident and Scottish Independence
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 March 2013 10:12
A new opinion poll by TNS BMRB for Scottish CND confirms the strength of opposition to the replacement of Trident in Scotland, including among those who have not yet decided how to vote in the independence referendum.
When asked whether they supported or opposed the plan to buy a new nuclear weapon system to replace Trident, 25% were uncommitted but of those who expressed a definite opinion 19% supported and 80% opposed. Among those who have not decided how to vote in the independence referendum in 2014, 37% were uncommitted on Trident replacement but of those who expressed a definite opinion only 13% supported replacing Trident and 87% were opposed.
Scottish Parliament motions on Trident
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- Published on Thursday, 28 February 2013 11:39
Two motions have been put down in the Scottish Parliament welcoming Scottish CND's report "If Britain Fired Trident", commending the Scrap Trident demonstrations on 13-15 April and supporting the Oslo conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Please encourage your MSPs to support these. Emails can be sent to MSPs using writetothem.org
If Britain fired Trident
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 17:06
A new report from the Scottish CND, "If Britain fired Trident", details how an attack from one of the Trident submarines based at Faslane, against its most likely targets, would result in 5.4 million deaths. Nick Clegg recently confirmed that Trident is still designed to "flatten Moscow". The Scottish CND paper explains the effect of detonating 20 nuclear weapons inside Russia's capital and a further 20 in the surrounding area. Scrap Trident 13-15 April
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- Published on Monday, 18 February 2013 16:37
Let Scotland lead the way to a nuclear free world.
13 April Glasgow demonstration, 14 April Workshops, 15 April blockade Faslane
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Lords question Trident replacement
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- Published on Friday, 25 January 2013 14:46
Two former Defence Ministers, Lord Browne (Labour) and Lord King (Conservative) were among those who criticised the Government's plans for Trident replacement and keeping a submarine at sea at all times in a debate in the House of Lords on 24 January
Trident can't go to Devonport
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- Published on Friday, 04 January 2013 18:36
The MOD have admitted to Scottish CND that they are not permitted, on safety grounds, to berth Trident submarines at Devonport if they have missiles onboard. This increases the chance that Scottish independence would lead to British nuclear disarmament. Devonport is often mentioned as the first choice alternative site. But it is not suitable for berthing armed submarines, because a missile accident would have horrendous consequences for the city of Plymouth. MOD FOI response Scottish CND report
Trident: Nowhere to Go Presentation
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 December 2012 11:04
John Ainslie (Scottish CND Coordinator) gave a presentation to Yorkshire CND's AGM on Trident: Nowhere to Go.