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Millions of jobs could be created if the government dumped its nuclear weapons for good and spent the cash elsewhere, peace campaigners said yesterday.
As Britain braced itself for yet more cuts in today's Budget, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) set out ways in which the £100 billion spent on Trident missiles could be put to better use.
CND said the money could employ 150,000 nurses, build 1.5 million homes or 30,000 new primary schools.
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
SOLOMON HUGHES explains how the PM is channelling the spirit of Reagan and Thatcher with a ‘two-tier’ nuclear deterrent, whose Greenham Common predecessor was eventually fought off by a bunch of ‘punks and crazies’
