Trident

Anti-nuke activists begin month-long blockade of atomic facility

RT | June 6, 2016 Anti-nuclear activists are starting a month-long protest against Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons program, arguing it should not be renewed by Parliament later this year. Peace campaigners are descending on AWE Burghfield in Berkshire, where Britain’s nuclear warheads are maintained and go through their final stage of assembly. Throughout June, Campaign […]

Britain to Spend Additional $905 Million on Nuclear Submarine Program

Sputnik – 05.03.2016 The British Government is going to spend additional $905 million on its nuclear submarine program, media reported. British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon announced the new investment Friday, although the Parliament has not yet voted whether to go ahead with the program, UPI reported. The vote is scheduled later this year. According to Fallon, the additional […]

UK Gov’t Shows ‘Contempt’ For Democracy Over Trident Renewal Spending

By Mark Hirst – Sputnik – 03.03.2016 EDINBURGH – The unilateral decision of the UK government to advance plans to replace Britain’s Trident nuclear submarines demonstrates “contempt” for democracy, John Finnie, a member of the Scottish Parliament, told Sputnik Thursday. The Scottish lawmaker was speaking after UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon announced the government would […]

‘Education, not destruction!’ Peace activists, MPs & celebs join Corbyn at anti-Trident march

RT | February 26, 2016 Thousands of anti-nuclear campaigners will march alongside Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in London on Saturday to protest the renewal of Britain’s nuclear deterrent. The Labour leader’s opposition to Trident has been sharply criticized by trade union bosses. The national demonstration is organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and […]

SNP Demands Clear Stance on Trident From Scottish Labour Leader

Sputnik – 11.10.2015 Scotland’s Labour Party must clarify its position on the Trident nuclear deterrent system, the Scottish National Party (SNP) said as quoted by local media Sunday. “This has been another week of absolute chaos for the Labour party on the issue of Trident,” the UK Press Association quoted SNP member of Scottish Parliament […]

Nuclear War and Corbyn: The Fury and the Farce

Last month, 250,000 party members voted Jeremy Corbyn leader of the Labour party, ‘the largest mandate ever won by a Party Leader.’ The combined might of the political and media establishment had fought and lost its Stalingrad, having bombarded Corbyn with every conceivable smear in a desperate attempt to wreck his reputation with the British public. The more extreme the attacks, the more people caught on.