ANAS Sarwar has defended Labour’s Trident “triple lock” – saying the party’s defence policy was “not up for negotiation”.
This was questioned by First Minister John Swinney, who said “nobody’s going to use” nuclear weapons.
Swinney said the UK Government should instead focus on investing in the conventional military, which has been depleted in recent years.Asked about Labour’s Trident pledge, Swinney told LBC the party’s priorities were “wrong”. Asked whether he believed getting rid of nuclear weapons would make Britain vulnerable to attacks, Swinney said: “There’s only a small minority of countries have nuclear deterrents and I don’t think the UK can afford a nuclear deterrent, I don’t think there’s a moral argument for it either.”
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