Tag: trident

  By Martin Kelly  The SNP has called for a positive debate on defence in an independent Scotland after what they claim were wildly...

  By Bob Duncan Devonport has been ruled out as an alternative home for Trident submarines, raising questions over the future of the nuclear fleet...

  By a Newsnet reporter Delegates to the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's (SCND) conference in Glasgow this weekend have voted to support a...

  By Martin Kelly  Johann Lamont has been accused of preferring to spend billions on nuclear weapons instead of protecting Scotland’s most vulnerable. The accusation...

  By Bob Duncan  Johann Lamont’s continued silence on the renewal of Trident has become ‘untenable’, the SNP has said, after one of her...

  By Martin Kelly  Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont is facing calls to clarify her stance on the Trident nuclear weapons system following confirmation of a...

  By a Newsnet reporter  Claims by Labour MSP Jackie Baillie that the Trident nuclear weapons system sustains 11,000 Scottish jobs have been called...

By Andrew Barr Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones has said Wales is ready to become the new home of Britain’s weapons of mass destruction following...

By G.A.Ponsonby  UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has been summoned to the House of Commons by The Speaker in order to answer urgent questions...

By a Newsnet reporter Confirmation that the Ministry of Defence has committed £350million on design contracts for a new generation of nuclear-armed submarines have...