Madness of Trident vote

It is truly unbelievable that in today’s House of Commons opposition debate secured by the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party, the motion – That this house believes that Trident should not be renewed – was defeated by 364 votes to 35.

It is ridiculous that MPs want to spend £100 billion renewing the Trident nuclear missile system, at the same time that they are slashing funding for vital public services.

I have been a member of CND for over twenty years and I believe that it is morally wrong to hold or renew such weapons of mass destruction, as well as financially disastrous. There is no rationale for the retention, still less the renewal, of the British nuclear arsenal.

This also show that London parties really do have their priorities wrong. So wrong.