Nuclear weapons? No Thanks. I love this succinct and sane commentary on the Trident Vote from Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas).

Nuclear weapons? No Thanks. I love this succinct and sane commentary on the Trident Vote from Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas).


The headline is a bit off topic but the arguments are simple and obvious.

- Weapons of mass destruction are immoral
- Trident would be unusable (as a defence: it's already too late; as an attack: unthinkable)
- Pop the bubble of illusion (deluision) that the UK developing another generation of Nukes somehow makes the world a safer place
- It's unaffordable/we have better things to invest in (conventional forces and their kit & homelife; services we can all use like housing, healthcare, education)
- We should ensure we protect the jobs and regions of those currently relying on building weapons of mass destruction and have them build something useful instead

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/a-recent-report-showed-13-times-nuclear-weapons-were-almost-launched-accidentally-its-time-to-scrap-a7141296.html


http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/a-recent-report-showed-13-times-nuclear-weapons-were-almost-launched-accidentally-its-time-to-scrap-a7141296.html