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Update on Time to Bin Trident
On Friday 122 countries at the United Nations voted to agree a treaty banning the development, use, or threat of use of nuclear weapons. Sadly the UK and the eight other states which have nuclear weapons did not take part in the treaty. However, a clear signal has been sent by the rest of the…
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Bad News on Trident, Better News on Peace Tax
More updates on our Time to Bin Trident and Taking a Stand themes. Time to Bin Trident First the bad news: MPs voted to renew the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system last night (18th July). While the result was not a shock, it was saddening to see the scale of support from MPs for spending…
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Coming Jan 16: Time to Bin Trident
A sneak preview of out peace & justice theme for Jan & Feb 2016: Time to Bin Trident Let’s spend £100 billion on health, housing & renewables: not nuclear weapons. In early 2016, parliament will vote on whether to renew the Trident system of nuclear weapons. Costing over £100 billion across 40 years, it will…