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bbc fact check is there a cheaper alternative to trident ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/parties_and_issues/8636879.stm    
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play by play

Great play by play here of lasts night debate on mumsnet, can see the turn Sky takes while not on big brother and even a good giggle at the end
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what conservative home has to say

http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2010/04/bernard-jenkin-it-is-time-for-some-honesty-from-nick-clegg-on-trident.html
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What the arms trade thinks....

Here's an article on the Defence Management website. As the name suggests these guys don't deal in Easter eggs but in weapons. Consequently, they're not too...
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Live webchat with Nick Clegg on www.sagatv.co.uk - Sunday April 25 at 10.30am

 Not sure how they choose the questions- saga forum members are invited to post them in advance - someone's posted one on Trident - Nick, the Lib Dems are...
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More VIP letters in the Times

Baroness Shirley Williams and Sir Christopher Meyer (former British Ambassador in the USA) have written letters to the Times calling for a rethink of Trident...
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BBC comment on the second leaders' debate

The BBC's political correspondent, Nick Robinson, has written a blog posting about the second TV debate between the leaders and foreign affairs issues.  It's...
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Cui Bono?

All this guff on the news about Nick Clegg's opposition to Trident renewal being something that people really shouldn't support got me think cui bono? For...
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Oh Really?

I was listening to the 8 am news on Radio 4 this morning when "overwhelming" support for Trident was mentioned as the result of a survey from the...
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Trident is a phallic symbol

Peter Snow once asked the question "Trident! "phallic symbol? Yes? No?" I think the answer is a big yes. I certainly can't think what other...
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debate hots up with Generals intervention

There are more contributions to this stream. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7103196.ece  
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We're already forking out a third of a million a day to replace Trident

Claims by George Osborne in the Daily Telegraph that Alex Salmond and Nick Clegg are engaging in 'false economics' by talking of savings that could be made by...
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Four retired generals express 'deep concern' over Trident plans

A group of retired generals (Field Marshal Lord Bramall, General Lord Ramsbotham, General Sir Hugh Beach and Major General Patrick Cordingley) have written a...
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Trouble at Faslane

Hundreds of crimes - including rape, extortion, fraud, anf firearms cases - are probed every year at Faslane nuclear base, according to revelations in the...
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Defence debate online...

Following the comments by senior commanders, there a debate going on in Defence Management at the moment about Trident and the possibility that the cost will...
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"Genuinly a minimal deterrent"

The real costs of Trident and the position of the Lib Dem seem nonsensical to the ones who still believe in nuclear deterrence as a cost-effective solution....
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Senior military commanders question Trident

Four former senior military commanders question the real need for a nuclear deterrent; "This decision will have a direct impact on our overstretched Armed...
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It's too close to call..

With the Lib Dems continuing their surge, spectator readers continue to sepculate on the implications. Ditching Trident gets an increasing number of mentions...
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generals add fire to clegg on trident

checkout today's times - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7103318.ece   Britain should be prepared to scrap its nuclear...
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Lib Dems dismiss attacks over their Trident policy

After Nick Clegg brought Trident up in the first TV debate the other parties have been dismissing it a s “eccentric” and “outside the mainstream”. This lib...
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