One
of the few policies Theresa May made clear in her short Conservative
leadership campaign is that, as Prime Minister,
she would immediately replace the Trident nuclear WMDs system (“Theresa May
calls for urgent go-ahead on Trident replacement “, 5 July http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/04/theresa-may-calls-for-urgent-go-ahead-on-trident-replacement/)
Meanwhile the current defence
secretary Michael Fallon is on the record as stating "....as a responsible
nuclear weapon state and party to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (NPT) the UK remains
committed to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons.” (Written
Statement made by: Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon) on 20 January
2015.
On Monday next week, the
Government has called a debate and vote
on the future of Trident and its replacement.
Do Labour MPs ,pro-Trident Angela Eagle included, want to demonstrate their idea of representing
their constituents’ interests next Monday is to vote with new Conservative
leader to commit £205,000,000,000 (£205 billion) of their taxes to a nuclear WMD
system which is highly likely to be made illegal when the United Nations General
Assembly in New York adopts a motion in
September for a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty, which has been under negotiation at
the UN in Geneva for several months this year? (http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/disarmament-fora/oewg/2016/may/reports/10823-oewg-report-vol-2-no-15)
What an odd way to help the
poor, the unemployed, the NHS and to reverse underinvestment in infrastructure
voting £205 billion of taxpayers’ money for Trident replacement would be!
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