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Glascow City Council calls on UK Government to scrap plans to replace nuclear arsenal

Glasgow Evening Times 15th May 2021, GLASGOW City Council is calling on the UK Government to pursue nuclear
disarmament. Councillors have backed a motion which supports the Treaty to
Prohibit Nuclear Weapons – and urges the government to scrap plans to
replace its Trident nuclear arsenal.

It was presented by Councillor Feargal
Dalton, the convener of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities Scotland Forum
(NFLA). A letter will be sent to the UK Government to inform it of the
resolution. Cllr Dalton, who has a military background, said: “There is
no moral justification for nuclear weapons; I never heard one in all my
years in the submarine service.

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19304352.council-calls-trident-replacement-plans-scrapped/

May 16, 2021 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK, weapons and war