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1,500 join biggest Faslane march against nuclear weapons for 30 years

The Scrap Trident demonstration at Faslane nuclear submarine base on the Clyde yesterday was the “biggest in three decades,” according to organisers.

Around 1,500 protestors marched from Faslane Peace Camp to the gates of the Trident submarine base to call for the weapons to be scrapped.

David Mackenzie of Scrap Trident told the Star: “This is the biggest Faslane demo I have seen in three decades.

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