IN the early hours after the General Election result I sat
Ex-SNP MP's plea to extend timescale for getting rid of Trident post-independence is shocking, writes Chris McElenyand everything else but on the other hand there was no extra money to give to Scotland to actually do this.
But when it comes to any votes at Westminster they’ll be herded through the lobby to vote for £205 billion to be spent on weapons of mass destruction while at the same time telling us there’s not enough money to scrap the bedroom tax, the two-child benefit cap or to restore Scottish industry.
But they won’t. Whether we have a Labour government or a Tory government, nuclear weapons will be hosted on the Clyde at the expense of investment in health, housing, transport and jobs.Had we won in 2014 then the regulation of all nuclear activity would now rest with an independent Scottish state and its parliamentarians. It would be us who would decide what was safe and what was not; we would decide the timetable for the removal of WMDs from Scottish shores.
At HMNB Clyde and RNAD Coulport there were 15 recorded radiation leaks and a further 43 at Faslane in 2023 alone – and these are the ones the MoD admits to. When it comes to ridding Scotland of nuclear weapons, Alba Party will never compromise. On the contrary, it should be an integral part of the case for why Scotland must become an independent nation as speedily as possible.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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