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Anti-nuclear campaigners opened a new front yesterday in the fight against Tory plans to splash £100 billion on weapons of mass destruction that are as “useful as bubonic plague.”
Leaders of the three main political parties had skipped Parliament for Scotland in a bid to shore up the campaign against Scottish independence.
But activists filled the void in the heart of Westminster to launch Rethink Trident — a new push to reverse plans to retool the nuclear weapons arsenal and instead put Britain at the heart of global disarmament.
SOPHIE BOLT argues that spending more on military will harm rather than benefit Britain by diverting vital resources away from essential public services
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
Expanding Britain’s nuclear capability increases the risk of nuclear confrontation. It does not keep us safe – it makes us a target, argues CAROL TURNER
