Ministry of Defence Signage
THE government has admitted withholding medical records of veterans who survived British nuclear tests.
The Mirror reported today that blood and urine test results of servicemen, civilians and indigenous people taken during nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific 70 years ago have been kept a “state secret.”
The hidden documents are believed to contain vital information such as whether radiation entered the bodies of those forced to participate.
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
JEREMY CORBYN reports from Hiroshima where he represented CND at the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city by the US
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’