A report from Labour CND Our ‘Cutting Trident’ public meeting at the House of Commons on 4th December saw the overwhelming case made for Labour to pledge its opposition to replacing the Trident nuclear weapon system at the next General Election, and urged the party to open up to the debate in the coming months. […]
Posts Tagged ‘Trident’
For the Labour right, multilateral disarmament means no disarmament
Nov 9th, 2012 by Daniel Blaney.The last few days have seen a torrent of rearguard action from the Blairite faction Progress in defence of Trident replacement. A noticeable feature of these articles have been their lack of vision. Luke Akehurst reports that Labour has had a “settled view in favour of multilateral disarmament”. However he is also quick to proclaim […]
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Trident: Labour cannot stay silent
Nov 1st, 2012 by Tom King.Labour’s policy review, much needed after 13 years in Government and a drubbing in May 2010, was said to have started from a blank page and would review all our commitments across the board. All, it seems, except Trident. There has been some positive movement, the Britain in the World policy document stated there will […]
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Labour must reject Trident
Oct 31st, 2012 by Michael Meacher.Hammond’s jumping the gun by pledging a £350m contract to signal the Tories’ embrace of a Trident replacement should be met by a resolute pronouncement from Labour that neither the arguments nor the figures stand up to any serious scrutiny. At the present time the biggest danger we face is the threat of terrorism on our […]
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Party democracy and the pay freeze: Ed answers
Oct 3rd, 2012 by Newsdesk.Ed Miliband took questions from Labour delegates this afternoon in a wide-ranging session that covered everything from school food to Trident. A member of the party’s policy forum, speaking after the session, commented: “I’ve never seen a Q&A so free. I’m used to this slot being stage-managed and controlled.” He received one of his strongest […]
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A glimmer of reason in Labour’s policy on Trident?
Sep 19th, 2012 by Kate Hudson.Questioning Trident has been a big taboo in Labour Party policy circles for a couple of decades or so. Every other commitment seems to have been reviewed except the ‘need’ for a nuclear ‘deterrent’. The reluctance to question this particular piece of weaponry was beginning to seem irrational. So it’s good to see from Jon […]
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Trident is draining money away from other areas of government expenditure
Jul 13th, 2012 by Daniel Blaney.In an article on LabourList, the Shadow Defence Minister Kevan Jones has adopted the mantra of ‘too far and too fast’ in relation to recently announced cuts to the Army. He concluded his attack on government spending decisions by stating “recent decisions made by the Government will shape our ability to meet future strategic threats for […]
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Sign up to not replacing Trident
Aug 9th, 2011 by Daniel Blaney.During the leadership election, Ed Miliband was questioned by Labour CND about Trident and its replacement. Unlike David Miliband, he responded. Ed Miliband said: “We need to have a thorough examination of that decision [Trident Replacement] as part of the government’s strategic defence review. The review should look at the totality of our conventional and nuclear capabilities, considering both our defence […]
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The Nuclear Phallus
May 25th, 2011 by Darrell Goodliffe.Luke Akehurst thinks Labour needs to take the side of ‘national security‘ in the debate around Trident renewal. I agree. However, Luke, like most proponents of nuclear weapons, is not on the side of national security. In fact, nuclear weapons, their existence and retention by all the ‘great powers’ (and some not so great) is […]
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Want To Know What Is Really Happening in Britain? Read the US Press!
Oct 30th, 2010 by Mark Seddon.Here is a huge UK domestic political story, with major ramifications for the future direction both for nuclear defence and foreign policy. It goes to the heart of Britain’s relations with the United States and with Europe. Had this been taking place against the backdrop of a Labour Government, you can guarantee that much of […]
