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UK should not spend 120 billion pounds on Trident nuclear missiles, says Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg 18 April 2010, “Why is it that I find myself as the only leader of a political party asking the obvious question of whether we, as a country, should be spending 120 billion pounds over the next 20 years on the like for like replacement of the Cold War Trident Missile System? I think there is no case for a nuclear deterrent. I certainly think there is no case for the like for like replacement for that system. I believe one of the reasons there is a deafening silence on that issue is because that missile system is cemented by a sense of indebtedness to our American friends.”

April 19, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons