A CND-commissioned ICM poll shows that 59% oppose the government replacing Trident, Britain's nuclear weapons system. CND today handed in a petition with over 53,000 signatures calling on the government not to replace Trident or develop any new nuclear weapons system.
CND representatives hand in No Trident Replacement petition to No. 10
Nurses, firefighters, and teachers carry the weight of a Trident Replacement
An ICM poll commissioned by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament shows that 59% of British people oppose the replacement of Trident, Britain’s nuclear weapons system. The poll results demonstrate a 5% increase in public opposition to Trident replacement over an identically phrased question from a MORI/Greenpeace poll from September 2005.
Strong public opposition to Trident replacement is also apparent from CND’s ˜No Trident Replacement” petition, which was handed in to the Prime Minister on Friday 4th August at 11am. CND members throughout the UK collected over 53,000 signatures calling on the government not to replace Trident or develop any new nuclear weapons system. The petition was handed in by Kate Hudson, Chair of CND, together with Air Commodore Alistair Mackie, Canon Paul Ostreicher, Bruce Kent, and newly elected Labour NEC member Walter Wolfgang. Theatre of War demonstrated the huge financial and social burden of a Trident replacement with nurses, firefighters, and teachers carrying the weight of a large replica missile.
Public opposition to Trident Replacement has been steadily increasing despite government attempts to portray it as necessary to Britain's future security.
Kate Hudson, Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said, “The ICM poll and the No Trident Replacement petition prove that ordinary people see through the government’s case. People are increasingly seeing the reality of the situation that replacing Trident will start a new nuclear arms race. If Britain insists that it needs nuclear weapons to ensure its security, other countries will conclude the same, leading to increased proliferation.”
The poll and petition hand-in coincide with the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945), which killed over 140,000 people. Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system currently consists of approximately 200 nuclear bombs, each of which are 8 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
Strong public opposition to Trident replacement is also apparent from CND’s ˜No Trident Replacement” petition, which was handed in to the Prime Minister on Friday 4th August at 11am. CND members throughout the UK collected over 53,000 signatures calling on the government not to replace Trident or develop any new nuclear weapons system. The petition was handed in by Kate Hudson, Chair of CND, together with Air Commodore Alistair Mackie, Canon Paul Ostreicher, Bruce Kent, and newly elected Labour NEC member Walter Wolfgang. Theatre of War demonstrated the huge financial and social burden of a Trident replacement with nurses, firefighters, and teachers carrying the weight of a large replica missile.
Public opposition to Trident Replacement has been steadily increasing despite government attempts to portray it as necessary to Britain's future security.
Kate Hudson, Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said, “The ICM poll and the No Trident Replacement petition prove that ordinary people see through the government’s case. People are increasingly seeing the reality of the situation that replacing Trident will start a new nuclear arms race. If Britain insists that it needs nuclear weapons to ensure its security, other countries will conclude the same, leading to increased proliferation.”
The poll and petition hand-in coincide with the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945), which killed over 140,000 people. Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system currently consists of approximately 200 nuclear bombs, each of which are 8 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
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Defending the Indefensile?
05.08.2006 00:09
But they do not actually stop anything.
The protestors are absolutely right to protest at Trident. It is an American manufactured device, and much of it is now controlled by Americans. It is useless to defend the UK against our most probable future enemy. We should have our oen home grown, British designed, built, and controlled nuclear weapons system to defend us against the USA. Until the USA no longer controls any nuclear weapons.
We are now not as well defended as North Korea who do have their own. Should we be classing Thatcher as a traitor because of that, who was it that took the cheap option?
Ilyan