“We’ve got to have this thing over here whatever it costs… We’ve got to have the bloody Union Jack flying on top of it.” Clement Attlee’s foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin, catalysed the British nuclear age with these words, resulting in the United Kingdom becoming the world’s third nuclear power in 1952. It was Attlee’s Labour administration […]
Nuclear weapons
Why I think Trident should be scrapped
The USA, UK, France, China, Russia, Pakistan, India and North Korea all have nuclear weapons. I think this is a most important factor to remember when discussing Trident. We are in an elite club of eight. Nuclear weapons are nowhere near as prolific as we are lead to believe. I don’t feel comfortable with anyone […]