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SNP plays its Trump card in nuclear clash
But ‘political stunt’ bid to ditch Trident defeated
CP leader since 1998 announces he will retire at the first meeting of the new executive committee
DONALD TRUMP could have his finger poised over Britain’s nuclear button within 18 months, one MP claimed yesterday amid an ill-tempered Commons clash over Trident renewal.
SNP defence spokesman Brendan O’Hara rubbished claims that Trident is an “independent nuclear deterrent,” saying the US president has the final say over firing the weapons.
Mr O’Hara quoted a 2006 defence select committee report that said: “It is difficult to conceive of any situation in which a prime minister would fire Trident without prior US approval.”
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