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Does Trident announcement mark a new Lib Dem broken promise?

Posted by louise - 18 May 2011 at 4:32pm - 6 Comments

A while back I got a letter from the Lib Dems telling me "Trident will not be renewed this parliament - not on a Liberal Democrat watch”.

This ran though my mind today as I watched Defence Secretary Liam Fox stand up in parliament to pronounce ‘thunderbirds are go’ on the next phase of building a replacement for Trident.

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FOI documents reveal MoD plans to purchase "long lead" items for Trident

Publication date:  18 May, 2011

A freedom of information request made by Greenpeace reveals that the MoD plans to purchase a whole series of “long lead” items for Trident replacement submarines in the next few years - estimated to cost billions.

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