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BEYOND TRIDENTArchive of Press Coverage 2004-05For the latest coverage go to: http://www.basicint.org/nuclear/beyondtrident. For Press Coverage duing 2006, go to: http://www.basicint.org/nuclear/beyondtrident/press06.htm. In December 2005 Rabinder Singh QC (Matrix Chambers, London) and Professor Christine Chinkin (LSE) co-authored an important legal opinion on “The Maintenance and possible Replacement of the Trident Nuclear Missile System”. They concluded that ‘use of the Trident system would breach customary international law’ and that any ‘replacement of Trident is likely to constitute a breach of article VI of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’. The full text of the legal opinion is available at: http://www.acronym.org.uk/docs/0512/doc06.htm The Blairite love affair with the bomb will cost Britain
dear: Replacing Trident would be a scandalous waste
of public funds. The case for it is an argument for universal proliferation.
David Clark, The Guardian, November 1 2005. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1605810,00.html NS Interview - Jack Straw, Mary Riddel,
New Statesman, 14 November 2005 Our armed forces must have a voice in how to
defend us, Max Hastings, The Guardian, 8 November 2005 Nuclear war may no longer be inevitable, but
that hasn’t stopped every country wanting to own the ultimate weapon.
And why not? Ian Bell, Sunday Herald, 6 November 2005 Giving up our nuclear weapons is too risky,
says Reid, Michael Evans, The Times, 2 November 2005 Britain still needs nuclear weapons, says Reid,
Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 2 November 2005 The Blairite love affair with the bomb will cost Britain
dear, David Clark, The Guardian, 1 November 2005 Reid hints at Trident replacement, Matthew
Tempest, The Guardian, 1 November 2005 MPs press Reid for vote on Trident replacement, Patrick
Wintour, The Guardian, 1 November 2005 Labour MPs debate Trident scheme, BBC News Online,
31 October 2005 Labour MPs question cost of replacing Trident, Richard
Norton-Taylor The Guardian, 31 October 2005 UK nuclear defence up in the air, James Kirkup, Scotsman,
29 October 2005 Blue water, Times Leader, 29 October 2005 Writers issue scrap Trident call, BBC News Online,
28 October 2005 Say no to Trident, Guardian Letters, 28 October 2005 Labour fury as Blair fails to guarantee Trident vote,
Toby Helm, Daily Telegraph, October 20, 2005 Trident fleet faces stretched lifespan to help curb defence
costs, Ian Bruce, October 19, 2005 Revealed: Blair's Nuclear Bombshell, Andy McSmith,
The Independent, October 18, 2005 Trident's future 'linked to Iran', BBC News Online,
October 11, 2005 As the US lowers the nuclear threshold, debate is stifled,
Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 4 October 2005 MoD has refused to answer any Freedom of Information
requests on Trident replacement, according to a report by
Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 28 September 2005 Guardian leader points to proliferation as a crucial
consideration in the decision to replace Trident, 20 September 2005
Mark Oaten, leading member of the Liberal
Democrat shadow cabinet, says that there is a strong economic argument
for not replacing Trident, on BBC Radio 4, reported in The Times,
20 September 2005 Letter in the Guardian
responding to John Reid by Gordon Prentice MP, Paul Flynn MP and
John Austin MP, The Guardian, 14 September 2005. Conservatives welcome Labour commitment to nuclear
deterrent. Conservative Party press release, 13 September
2005. Blasts from the past by Oliver King in Guardian
Unlimited, 13 September 2005. Britain faces long-term nuclear threat and must
plan for it, says Reid by Patrick Wintour and Martin Kettle,
The Guardian, 13 September 2005. Letter in the Guardian by John Reid
MP in response to Kate Hudson's article, 9 September 2005. Nuclear hypocrisy by Kate Hudson, Guardian Comment, 2 September 2005. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1561255,00.html Can Britain find the courage to put Trident
on the table? by Iain Macwhirter, The Herald, 10 August
2005. Methodist Church calls for open debate on Trident
replacement in Ekklesia, 3 August 2005. Long Live Trident? by Malcolm Chalmers, Physics World, August 2005. Nuclear weapons are back on the political agenda in Britain. An exploration of the possible options which concludes that refurbishment of Trident is the most likely outcome. Worse than irrelevant: Replacing Trident is
against both our national interests and our international obligations
by Robin Cook, The Guardian, Friday July 29, 2005. Talks to start with US on Trident's £15bn successor
by David Cracknell, The Sunday Times, 17 July 2005. Ballistic Trajectory. In launching a nuclear
debate, the UK faces addressing its dependence on Washington
by Douglas Barrie and Amy Butler, Aviation Week & Space Technology,
11 July 2005. A new generation of nuclear weapons? Let's talk
about it by Marjorie Thompson and Julian Lewis, The Guardian,
4 July 2005. Whom is Trident meant to deter? Letter by Kevin Cranston (Lt. Col., retd) responding to Julian Lewis, Independent, 28 June 2005. BBC Radio 4 World at One ran a piece by Rob Broomby on 22 June 2005, interviewing Michael Quinlan, Tim Hare, Julian Lewis and David Drew MP. BBC Radio 4 PM did a follow-up that evening with an interview with Robin Cook MP (BASIC has recordings). It pays to have a nuclear guard.
Letters critical of Michael Portillo by Dr Jeremy Stocker, Dr Julian
Lewis and Elizabeth Young in the Sunday Times, 26 June 2005. It's no time to ban the Bomb: Britain still
needs its nuclear deterrent by Oliver Kamm, The Times, 22
June 2005. Does Britain need nuclear missiles? No. Scrap
them by Michael Portillo, The Sunday Times, 19 June 2005.
Tory challenge on nuclear weapons. Letter by Dr Julian Lewis responding to the three letters above, Independent, 21 June 2005. We need a debate on nuclear weapons. Letters in the Independent by Dr Stephen Pullinger, Nigel Chamberlain and Laurie Marks, 16 June 2005. Will Labour really replace Trident? Letter in the Independent by Dr Julian Lewis, 14 June 2005. Trident: the done deal by Robert
Fox, New Statesman, 13 June 2005. Britain's special nuclear relationship by Mark Townsend, The Observer, 12 June 2005. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1504618,00.html The hunt for a new nuclear option by Tom Baldwin and Michael Evans, The Times, 28 May 2005. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1630772,00.html Going Nuclear by Douglas Barrie, Aviation
Week & Space Technology, 16 May 2005. Our defence on the cusp of a crisis: The challenge
is to restore morale and create a vision for the future
by Max Hastings, The Guardian, 11 May 2005. Why Britain must keep the nuclear deterrent by George Kerevan, The Scotsman, 5 May 2005. http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=104&id=481152005 Brown refuses to back Blair's nuclear programme
by Colin Brown and Andrew Grice, The Independent, 3 May 2005.
Picking up on the C4 piece the previous evening, the article published
the following quotes: Picking up on the Independent article that morning,
C4 ran quite a long piece on the main evening news on Monday 2 May.
The Today Programme ran a piece the following morning with interviews
with Simon Thomas MP, Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold (RUSI), Caroline
Lucas MEP and Alex Salmond MP. What Next for Trident? by Tim Hare,
RUSI Journal, April 2005 Its time for us to give up the nukes
by Roy Hattersley, The Guardian, 28 February 2005. MoD plans multibillion upgrade of nuclear subs
by Jason Burke, The Observer, 20 February 2005. The Rise and Fall of the NPT: an opportunity
for Britain by Michael MccGwire in International Affairs,
Vol 81, page 115-140, January 2005. See page 132 onwards, The
balance of costs and benefits for Britain, for an analysis of
Britain's nuclear capability and how a non-nuclear role could enhance
Britain's international reputation. BBC Radio 4 PM ran a piece by Rob Broomby on 26 August 2004, interviewing Michael Quinlan, Michael Clarke, Frank Barnaby and Nigel Chamberlain (BASIC has a recording). Yes, but why do you Brits need nuclear weapons?
by Kevin Myers, The Sunday Telegraph, 27 June 2004. Britain's secret nuclear submarine plans by Michael
Fishpool for International Relations and Security Network, 21 June
2004. The Big Idea: Scrap Trident by Ian Bruce, The Herald,
15 June 2004. Secret plans for Trident replacement
by Tim Ripley, Scotsman, 9 June 2004. They are no use in war on terror: Scrap our nukes now
by Tim Shipman, Sunday Express, 23 May 2004. This relationship isn't working by Dan
Plesch, The Guardian, 6 April 2004. Does My Bomb Look Big in This? Britain's Nuclear
Choices After Trident by Michael Clarke, International Affairs,
Volume 80 Issue 1 Page 49 - January 2004. For the latest coverage go to: http://www.basicint.org/nuclear/beyondtrident. For Press Coverage duing 2006, go to: http://www.basicint.org/nuclear/beyondtrident/press06.htm. Back to Nuclear and WMD |
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