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Covid-19 highlights how spending on nuclear weapons is a massive waste of public cash, says ARTHUR WEST
A soldier walking on the deck of a Trident nuclear submarine

IN COMMON with other campaigning organisations, Scottish CND has had to curtail its activities as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.

However, through the use of social media we have been able to put out a number of important messages. 

We have also been able to keep up to date with important developments in relation to the struggle to rid our country and our world of the scourge of nuclear weapons.

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