Last month, we reported a speech by Nick Brown MP, chief whip in the last Labour government, in which he announced that he now opposes Trident replacement. And the surprisingly fragile nature of Labour's support for Trident replacement is underlined by, of all people, Tony Blair in his memoirs (page 635/6). • "I did not think this was a ‘tough on defence’ versus ‘weak on defence or pacifist’ issue at all.
Scotland
The Church Cardinal Keith O’Brien, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland has led a meeting of international church leaders to discuss plans to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Scotland was chosen by the World Council of Churches to host the meeting as Faslane is home to the UK’s nuc…
UK Nuclear Weapons
The September/October edition of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,has a long article on UK nuclear weapons, which is at http://bos.sagepub.com/content/67/5/89.full It's introduction says, “Of all the nuclear weapon states, the United Kingdom has moved the furthest toward establishing a minimu…
Help Jeju Island
Urged by the US, South Korea wants to build a large naval base on its island of Jeju, to berth Aegis war ships.
Fire At Aldermaston
The Nuclear Information Service has used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain an internal fire service report into a fire at Aldermaston last August.