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Kids love war games

Tories and Labour are too busy engaging in petty 'poster wars' to find the time to make serious decisions, like cutting Trident from their agenda. http://...

April 02 at 02:55pm

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Accurate and transparent information on Trident is needed

Another theme in the Telegraph debate on Trident replacement. So obvious, I wish I'd written it myself, but I can't claim it. (I confess I did vote.) ...

April 02 at 11:04am

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Share nuclear subs with the French? No, it's not an April Fool

This idea seems to be turning up a lot - trying to gauge public opinion possibly? Or is it a done deal? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/...

April 02 at 10:59am

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Trident on Twitter

Several online opportunities to question politicians on Trident have come up at short notice recently, and this election will throw up plenty more. So to...

April 01 at 05:40pm

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Vince the man

I'm sure most of you noticed that Vince Cable was the only guy on Monday to... OK he was the only guy who actually answered questions and didn't look like he...

April 01 at 09:56am

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Maybe it's not such a good idea to take your hols at the seaside..

The good news? The MOD's internal watchdog is keeping a wary eye on what's going on.The bad news? The risk of mishaps in civil ports is understated.... http://...

March 31 at 11:12pm

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The enemy is out there

About a week ago the Home Office alerted on the risk of nuclear threats in the short term from "rogue states or terrorist group". Is it just a...

March 31 at 10:40pm

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MoD's own watchdog rejects safety case for nuclear submarines

A report in the Guardian shows that the Ministry of Defence's own internal nuclear safety regulator has expressed serious misgivings at the safety case...

March 31 at 10:13pm

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Ooops!

There's been another leak from the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston ...

March 31 at 10:45am

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Lack of originality on Trident and defence from main parties

The distinguished international affairs think-tank Chatham House has hosted a debate between the defence spokespeople of the three main parties. There was a...

March 30 at 11:43pm

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Should Britain ditch its fleet of Trident nuclear submarines?

Not the headline you expect to see in the Telegraph - it's part of a live debate - so far the voting is surprisingly close. It's got 5 days to run..http://...

March 30 at 10:21pm

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Lobbying Candidates

I have recieved a plethora of blog messages regarding candidate responses on the question of Trident. It is good that the questions are being asked. However...

March 30 at 07:23pm

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Get all the low-down about the START Treaty and President Obama's arms control agenda

Have a look at my new video blog to learn all about the implications of the new US-Russia START treaty and the contradictions in President Obama's arms...

March 30 at 06:17pm

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Are our views determined by the era in which we grew up?

Judging by the wide range of experience of people who see the replacement of Trident as an expensive white elephant, there must surely be another explanation ...

March 30 at 05:49pm

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Plaid Cymru responses

I think it would be useful to collect together any responses people receive from the emails generated on The Cut Trident site. My instinct is that the...

March 30 at 03:39pm

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Vote Labour if you love radiation

Although not specific to weapons, there is an evening of short films and discussion about resisting new nuclear build in London on Wednesday April 7th, see...

March 30 at 11:48am

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Ask the Chancellor

Who will cut what? Vince Cable has his sights set on Trident. As the other parties begin to take note of each others' policies and add them to their own...

March 30 at 09:34am

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Lobbying MPs and media campaigning

Writing to your MP. Tips given by Norman Baker MP (Lib-Dem) and Clare Short MP (Ind) MPs have an enormous amount of paperwork to deal with...

March 30 at 08:29am

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Defence budget protected in 2010-11

An analysis in the Spectator of George Osbornes proposed cuts praises him for protecting the Defence Budget but sems to forget the £97bn that could be cut...

March 30 at 12:29am

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My sense of fairness will see us through this recession

This is what Alistair Darling told us on the 'Ask the Chancellors' debate on Channel 4. Yet spending £97 Billion on Trident dosen't seem all that fair when...

March 29 at 10:16pm

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