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UK’s new Trident nuclear missiles put on hold

Delegates at the Lib Dem conference voted unanimously for a motion calling on ministers to allow a full review of alternatives to the like-for-like replacement of Trident.

Lib Dems say Trident decision should be put on hold until after the next election | Mail Online, 23 Sept 10, Trident decision ‘could be put on hold until 2015’ as Lib Dems say judgment should be delayed until after the next election By Daniel Martin

The Liberal Democrat suggested that a decision on whether to replace Trident should be delayed until after the next election – potentially leaving the issue in Labour’s lap.

He also raised the prospect that the nuclear system might never be recommissioned if the Lib Dems force the coalition into a delay.

Mr Harvey later received the backing of his leader Nick Clegg, who did not deny that any decision could be delayed until after 2015.

Delegates at the Lib Dem conference voted unanimously for a motion calling on ministers to allow a full review of alternatives to the like-for-like replacement of Trident.

Lib Dems say Trident decision should be put on hold until after the next election | Mail Online

September 23, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons