Tag Archives: nuclear weapons

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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The nuclear club: who’s in and who’s out

By Adam Wadsworth | Published: March 26, 2013

With North Korea in mind, Left Foot Forward has taken a look around the world at who’s in and who’s out of the WMD club.

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Trident: Where the money might better be used

By James Bloodworth | Published: February 27, 2013

It seems increasingly likely that the Labour Party plans to fight the 2015 election on a platform of retaining Britain’s nuclear deterrent. Instead it ought to consider the innumerable better things the money might be spent on.

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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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Comment: Iran, nukes, Ahmadinejad… What is to be done?

By Daniel Wickham | Published: December 14, 2012

What is the Iranian threat? Daniel Wickham looks at the validity of Israel’s fear of Iran, the possibility of nuclear weapons and the parallels with Iraq.

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In Brussels, Israel and Iran hold ‘positive’ talks; in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu steps up rhetoric

By Shamik Das | Published: November 6, 2012

Yesterday, ‘positive’ talks between Israeli and Iran in Brussels were followed hours later by Benjamin Netanyahu vowing his readiness to “press the button”.

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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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Ashton’s diplomatic guile yields progress at Iran nuclear talks

By Ben Phillips | Published: April 16, 2012

This weekend’s nuclear negotiations between Iran and the six world powers seem to have yielded a broadly positive outcome, with Cathy Ashton to the fore.

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Can the SNP u-turn on NATO without u-turning on nuclear weapons as well?

By Ed Jacobs | Published: April 16, 2012

Are the SNP about to perform a u-turn over its policy concerning whether an independent Scotland would join NATO?

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