Tag: trident
Independence can only work for Scotland continuing within EU
Commentator Iain Bruce states the case for the pro-independence campaign to confront the realities of Brexit for those Scots who voted to leave the European Union...
New Trident approval pushed through despite Scottish opposition
By a Newsnet.scot reporter
Scotland will be home to the next generation of submarine based nuclear weapons, following a Commons vote approving the £31n replacement...
Hardie-style Home Rule stance vital if Labour is to overcome the...
Commentary by Hugh Kerr
As I predicted last week, Scottish Labour moved significantly to the left at its conference in Perth this weekend.
I had hoped to...
Sturgeon: Vote for an independent Scotland, and a better UK
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out her general election priorities before 3,000 SNP delegates at the SNP spring conference in Glasgow. Here Newsnet.scot presents...
Labour, Tories crush Trident debate as poll reveals renewal ‘opposed by...
by Newsnet.scot Reporter
Labour joined the Government to crush a call not to go ahead with the replacement of the Trident nuclear submarine fleet, at...
Nuke convoy passed through Glasgow storm – Scottish CND
By Newsnet.scot Reporter
The UK Defence Ministry ignored storm warnings and drove nuclear weapons material through central Glasgow and across the Erskine Bridge at the...
NATO: Unionist nuclear attacks undermined by Spanish precedent
By a Newsnet reporter Claims that an independent Scotland would be prevented from joining NATO if it insisted on the removal of the...
Scottish Labour must clarify its stance on Trident
By Steven GriffithsIt has long been clear that, if they remain in government, the Tories intend to replace Trident, and this week's Lib...
Westminster signals U-turn over Trident independence contingency plans
By Martin Kelly The SNP has welcomed what it claims is a "U-turn" in UK government policy regarding a contingency plan for nuclear...
Cameron facing ridicule after claiming North Korea could nuke the UK
By G.A.Ponsonby Prime Minister David Cameron is today facing ridicule after claiming that North Korea had the capability of launching a nuclear attack...