{"id":20739,"date":"2015-09-28T23:46:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=20739"},"modified":"2021-01-13T10:42:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T10:42:28","slug":"trident-is-useless-thats-why-we-must-debate-its-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/09\/28\/trident-is-useless-thats-why-we-must-debate-its-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trident is useless. That\u2019s why we must debate its renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to have nightmares about nuclear war. \u00a0Being just able as a child of 6 to remember the Cuba missile crisis, my attitude too nukes has always been why on earth would you?<\/p>\n

I have different nightmares now…<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"PoweredThis article titled “Trident is useless. That\u2019s why we must debate its renewal” was written by Richard Norton-Taylor, for theguardian.com on Monday 28th September 2015 15.48 UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

It might be perfectly understandable why Labour party delegates decided to bottle out of a conference debate on Trident<\/a>, Britain\u2019s most powerful, most expensive, most irrelevant and most useless weapon. Yet the attempt to suppress debate on the utility of Britain\u2019s nuclear arsenal is undemocratic. And a discussion is needed, desperately.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question of Trident renewal becomes a symbol for Britain in the world, for patriotism, or for enlightened foreign policy,\u201d says Michael Clarke, director general of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) thinktank. He adds: \u201cThe one thing that politicians don\u2019t address when they talk about Britain\u2019s nuclear weapons is how they do, or don\u2019t, actually figure in practical defence policy for the next 10 or 20 years. It is really very depressing.\u201d<\/p>\n