Author Archives: Kate Hudson

Trident: one good cut the government could make

By Kate Hudson | Published: March 27, 2013

When the money spent on Trident could be used to quadruple our investment in renewable energy, or scrap tuition fees for 30 years, or fully fund all A&E services in hospitals for 40 years – this is one good cut that the government can make.

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Trident: Time for Des Browne and others to follow the logic

By Kate Hudson | Published: February 6, 2013

It is time for Des Browne and others to follow the logic on Trident, writes Kate Hudson, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).

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Disarming Trident: A practical guide to de-activating and dismantling the UK’s nukes

By Kate Hudson | Published: September 26, 2012

CND lays out the way in which the UK could achieve disarmament in the near future – with widespread cuts to the MOD, is this not the time to scrap Trident?

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The Middle East must work to implement a WMD-free zone

By Kate Hudson | Published: July 10, 2012

If we are to be comfortable with the world which we hand down to future generations then we need a unified vision of a world free from nuclear weapons.

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Lessons from North Korea: There is a safer way to engage Iran

By Kate Hudson | Published: March 5, 2012

CND’s Kate Hudson assesses the lessons we can learn from North Korea engagement with the West after the accession of Kim Jong-un.

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Scottish independence would leave Trident dead – and the MoD don’t care

By Kate Hudson | Published: February 1, 2012

Kate Hudson, general secretary of CND, reports that the MoD have made no contingency plans as to what to do with Trident in the event of independence.

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Now we know: Thatcher shut down debate on Trident. Will the coalition follow course?

By Kate Hudson | Published: January 3, 2012

Kate Hudson of CND reveals what 1981’s cabinet papers show about Mrs Thatcher’s determination to secure Trident over the objections of her own party.

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Bypassing parliament, or: How the Tories learnt to stop worrying and renew the bomb

By Kate Hudson | Published: November 30, 2011

Kate Hudson reveals the extraordinary sums spent on Trident without any scrutiny by parliament.

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Tories plan to suppress Trident debate

By Kate Hudson | Published: November 24, 2011

This week defence secretary Philip Hammond stated the Trident Alternatives Review would not be made public, writes CND general secretary Kate Hudson.

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Memo to Westminster: UK “independent nuclear deterrent” not actually independent

By Kate Hudson | Published: May 27, 2011

No single element of the nuclear deterrent – neither submarine, nor missile, nor warhead – is independent despite politicians saying that is what we must have.

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