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Tory Defence Secretary Ben Wallace
CAMPAIGNERS have urged PM Boris Johnson to rethink his nuclear weapons policy after legal experts found that plans to increase Britain’s arsenal are in violation of international law.
An expert legal opinion commissioned by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) says that the proposed increase in nuclear warheads is a violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Earlier this year Mr Johnson faced heavy criticism after a defence policy review proposed lifting the current cap on Trident’s nuclear warheads by over 40 per cent – from 180 to 260 – despite years of work towards disarmament.
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’
