Re the upcoming General Election, CND starting a campaign to only vote in candidates who back a nuclear free Scotland - a great idea!! Well that gets rid of any Tory, Labour or Libdem chancers who are already undemocratic when it comes to debating the Scottish constitution or the removal of nuclear weapons from Scotland.
There's a CND picture, at the start of their campaign article - it shows a part of the radioactive legacy that the UKG has given Scotland - seven out of service, redundant nuclear submarines, parked up at Rosyth dockyard beside the Forth bridges.
The first of the redundant subs arrived at Rosyth in 1980, that’s 44 years ago!
In a nutshell, the UKG didn’t know what to do with them, so there they lay.
In total, there are 27 redundant UK nuclear submarines. There had been a plan to scuttle them all just off Scotland's West Coast, but international pressure forced the UKG to abandon that plan.
Two years ago, the UKG gave a commitment that Rosyth Dockyard will be nuclear free by 2035. IF they keep to that commitment, to actually meet their obligations to safely dispose of these radioactive hulks, then it will have taken 55 years since the arrival of the first. FIFTYFIVE YEARS!
The UKG boasts that it is being responsible with the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Being responsible would mean having a full lifecycle plan, from first building the things to their ultimate disposal. They didn’t have a plan.
There's a CND picture, at the start of their campaign article - it shows a part of the radioactive legacy that the UKG has given Scotland - seven out of service, redundant nuclear submarines, parked up at Rosyth dockyard beside the Forth bridges.
The first of the redundant subs arrived at Rosyth in 1980, that’s 44 years ago!
In a nutshell, the UKG didn’t know what to do with them, so there they lay.
In total, there are 27 redundant UK nuclear submarines. There had been a plan to scuttle them all just off Scotland's West Coast, but international pressure forced the UKG to abandon that plan.
Two years ago, the UKG gave a commitment that Rosyth Dockyard will be nuclear free by 2035. IF they keep to that commitment, to actually meet their obligations to safely dispose of these radioactive hulks, then it will have taken 55 years since the arrival of the first. FIFTYFIVE YEARS!
The UKG boasts that it is being responsible with the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Being responsible would mean having a full lifecycle plan, from first building the things to their ultimate disposal. They didn’t have a plan.