We’re marching at the People’s Assembly demonstration because there’s an alternative to nuclear weapons
'It has never been more vital that we build the mass movement against nuclear weapons and for peace'.
'It has never been more vital that we build the mass movement against nuclear weapons and for peace'.
When the money spent on Trident could be used to quadruple our investment in renewable energy, or scrap tuition fees for 30 years, or fully fund all A&E services in hospitals for 40 years – this is one good cut that the government can make.
It seems increasingly likely that the Labour Party plans to fight the 2015 election on a platform of retaining Britain's nuclear deterrent. Instead it ought to consider the innumerable better things the money might be spent on.
It is time for Des Browne and others to follow the logic on Trident, writes Kate Hudson, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
CND lays out the way in which the UK could achieve disarmament in the near future - with widespread cuts to the MOD, is this not the time to scrap Trident?
If we are to be comfortable with the world which we hand down to future generations then we need a unified vision of a world free from nuclear weapons.