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| 2011 election constituency Renfrewshire Noth and West | |||||||||
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| If you are a constituent then please email andrewpage15@yahoo.co.uk | |||||||||
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| - say what you think about the Government's plans for nuclear weapons in Scotland. If you include your postal address then you should get a reply. | |||||||||
| Replied to survey in 2011:
Question 1. The Scottish Parliament should continue to call on the UK government not to go ahead with the current proposal to replace Trident. Question 2. The Scottish Parliament should call on the UK government to cease the deployment of Trident Question 3. The Scottish Parliament should support a Nuclear Weapons Convention (a global ban on nuclear weapons). Question 4. Are you for or against the construction of new nuclear power stations in Scotland ? "I am opposed to Trident for a number of reasons, but largely because it is unfit for purpose in the modern world. It belongs firmly in a different era. It is militarily useless; any "deterrent" should now be dependent more on tactical than strategic weapons. Renewing Trident would be misguided and would shirk some of the bigger questions about Britain's role in the modern world. "I believe the Scottish parliament should support a Nuclear Weapons Convention. However, the aims of such a convention must be a long-term reduction (and an eventual ban) on nuclear armaments, not short-term prohibition. There is a need to respond appropriately and responsibly to the challenge posed by nuclear weapons and an eventual ban would be welcome, but it is vitally important to get the process right. It requires multilateral rather than unilateral action. "I am not in favour of the construction of new nuclear power stations in Scotland, and am generally in favour of greater use of renewables. However, continued use of nuclear power in the short term to guarantee supply is important. We need to take a longer term view; if the government's renewables strategy works, then in 10-15 years' time there will be limited need for nuclear power. Therefore it would be unwise to pre-emptively be planning to extend the use of Scotland's nuclear power until the success of this strategy is known., Renfrewshire North and West." |
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