PEACE campaigners marked the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s 60th birthday on Wednesday night, vowing to keep fighting for a nuclear-free world.

Green MP Caroline Lucas opened proceedings, saying CND was about “hope — not in terms of some fluffy idea but as a very practical response to the huge threats that we face.”

Guests clapped and cheered as she gave a special welcome to Cuban ambassador Teresita Sotolongo, noting that “Cuba is now the fifth country to have ratified the Nuclear Prohibition Treaty.”