EMILY THORNBERRY stuck to her guns in the increasingly fractious debate over Trident renewal yesterday after being barracked by hawkish Labour MPs.
The shadow defence secretary was repeatedly heckled during her defence review presentation at Monday night’s meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
She argued that the party was not facing a binary choice between “Trident or nothing” but should consider other security options.
SOPHIE BOLT argues that spending more on military will harm rather than benefit Britain by diverting vital resources away from essential public services
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
Expanding Britain’s nuclear capability increases the risk of nuclear confrontation. It does not keep us safe – it makes us a target, argues CAROL TURNER



