BEYOND TRIDENT
Archive of Press Coverage 2007
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'The Trident Dispatches No. 3: Tony Blair's Forgetfulness'
by Rebecca Johnson in The Bulletin Online, February 2007
Two years ago, in an almost simultaneous policy turnaround, British
Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed his determination to develop
both a further generation of nuclear weapons and a host of new nuclear
power plants--ideally before he left office. Though he made his
personal preference (a staunch yes) clear in both cases, he and
his government promised open debate and consultations that would
involve "the wider public." Thus far, however, the process of consultations
has been a sham.
http://www.thebulletin.org/columns/
rebecca-johnson/20070226.html
'C of E strengthens opposition to Trident' by staff
writers in Ekklesia, 27 February 2007
The Church of England yesterday strengthened its opposition to the
renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent. It follows moves by a
number of other Christian denominations who have expressed their
opposition to Trident. The Church of England's General Synod ('parliament')
voted in favour of a stronger amendment to a motion which already
raised "serious questions" about the possible renewal.
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/news/uk/070227trident
'Leading by example. The decision to replace Trident will
determine the UK's relationship with the rest of the world'
by John Sauven, Guardian Comment is Free, 27 February 2007
"Britain cannot expect other countries to refrain from acquiring
nuclear weapons if it upgrades its Trident nuclear weapons system,"
says the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency in a recent
speech at the London School of Economics. Mohammed ElBaradei cast
doubt on his own moral authority in seeking to curb the nuclear
ambitions of countries such as Iran if governments such as the UK
just stick two fingers up at the world and say: "Do as I say, not
do as I do".
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/john_sauven/
2007/02/britain_cannot_expect_other_co.html
'Why can't MPs see the folly of Trident?' by Mary
Riddell in The Observer, 25 February 2007
Within the next few weeks, Parliament will vote on modernising the
UK's nuclear deterrent, even though no one can explain why a new
fleet must be authorised now. The Vanguard submarines could stay
in service until at least 2020 and very likely for 15 further years.
MPs should say no to Trident. But, almost certainly, they won't.
So, as a second best, they should go for the do-nothing option.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/
story/0,,2020916,00.html
'Britain defends its nuclear arsenal' by Stephanie
Nebehay in The Scotsman, 22 February 2007
Britain on Thursday defended plans to renew its nuclear arsenal,
saying the submarine-based Trident was a strategic deterrent it
would only consider using in extreme cases of self-defence. Kim
Howells, the foreign office minister responsible for disarmament
issues, said current circumstances did not permit the country to
unilaterally renounce its nuclear weapons, which he said accounted
for less than one percent of global stocks.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=287312007
'Living on the nuclear front line' by James Shaw,
BBC News at Faslane Naval Base, 22 February 2007
The BBC is given a glimpse inside a Trident submarine ahead of the
future of the fleet being put to the vote in Westminster. Climbing
down the shaft of a Trident submarine's escape tower into the body
of the vessel is like entering another world.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6386473.stm
'Navy tells Faslane to cut costs by £30m' by Ian
Bruce in The Herald, 21 February 2007
The Royal Navy is aiming to reduce the cost of running the Clyde
naval base at Faslane by £30m a year in the run-up to a radical
review of fleet support facilities, which is likely to see the closure
of one of the three main UK bases. The Clyde base plays host to
the UK's four Vanguard-class strategic missile submarines, a flotilla
of nuclear hunter-killer submarines, and a squadron of mine-hunters.
It will also be home to the new generation of Astute attack boats,
being built at Barrow-in-Furness, and the missile submarines which
will eventually replace the Trident-armed Vanguards.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/
other/display.var.1206557.0.0.php
'UN nuclear watchdog calls
Trident hypocritical' by David Blair in the Telegraph, 20
February 2007
Britain cannot expect other countries to refrain from acquiring
nuclear weapons if it upgrades the Trident deterrent, the head of
the International Atomic Energy Agency said yesterday. Mohammed
ElBaradei, who has led the United Nations' nuclear watchdog for
10 years, cast doubt on his own moral authority in seeking to curb
the ambitions of countries like Iran, suspected of seeking nuclear
weapons. "They are told nuclear weapons are counter-productive because
they do not protect your security," said Mr ElBaradei in a lecture
at the London School of Economics.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2007/02/20/ntrident20.xml
'The Trident Dispatches No. 2: Protests and Presentations'
by Rebecca Johnson in The Bulletin Online, February 2007
British Secretary for Defence Des Browne is a man on a mission.
In recent weeks, he's participated in some carefully choreographed
meetings in London on Trident replacement, followed by a general
debate on defense in the House of Commons and an appearance before
the Parliamentary Defence Select Committee.
http://www.thebulletin.org/columns/
rebecca-johnson/20070214.html
'Bands oppose nuclear weapons plan',
BBC News, 20 February 2007
Snow Patrol, Thom Yorke and Razorlight are among more than 50 British
artists opposing plans to modernise the country's nuclear weapons
system. The musicians have signed a statement released by the Campaign
for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) that urges "peace and justice, not
nuclear weapons and war".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6378107.stm
'Showdown over Trident could yet bring regime change in
Scotland' by Iain Macwhirter in the Sunday Herald, 18 February
2007
Nuclear politics will play a key role in the Scottish elections
in May, if only because four out of five Scots oppose Trident and
there remain deep reservations about nuclear power. It will not
help Jack McConnell's campaign that a Labour government has been
caught mounting a phoney consultation on nuclear power. And it seems
a racing certainty that MPs in Westminster will vote for a new generation
of Trident in the Clyde next month, on the very eve of the Holyrood
campaign.
http://www.sundayherald.com/oped/opinion/display.var.1201125.0.0.php
'Not in our name: campaign launched
against Trident' by Colin Brown in The Independent, 15 February
2007
A powerful coalition of 100 scientists, lawyers, church leaders,
actors, writers and MPs is today demanding a halt to the rush by
Tony Blair towards a replacement for Britain's Trident nuclear weapon
system. Stephen Hawking, the astrophysicist, is among the prominent
figures fronting the campaign, which will strengthen growing demands
in Parliament for the vote on the replacement of the nuclear weapons
system to be delayed until a full debate on the options has taken
place. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Right Rev Rowan Williams,
the author Zadie Smith, the actress Emma Thompson, the fashion designer
Vivienne Westwood and the architect Richard Rogers have also signed
a statement objecting to a hasty decision.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2271662.ece
'The absurdity of 'what-if?' by Peter Scoblic in
Guardian Comment is Free, 13 February 2007
The decision by Britain to renew its Trident missile system is another
sign of the flawed logic and obsessive-compulsive thinking produced
by nuclear weapons. As debate heats up over Tony Blair's decision
to refurbish Britain's aging nuclear deterrent, what-ifs are now
swarming around Britain's defense establishment like malarial mosquitoes
- dangerous and persistent.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/peter_scoblic/
2007/02/try_to_like_tridents.html
'Vanguard SSBN Replacement' in Navy Matters, 13 February
2007
The Trident II D5 missile system eventually entered UK service in
1994, and is deployed on a force of four specially built nuclear-powered
ballistic missile submarines (SSBN's) - HMS Vanguard, Victorious,
Vigilant and Vengeance, based at Faslane. On 4 December 2006, the
government announced the decision in principle to maintain the UK's
independent nuclear deterrent beyond the 2020's and replace the
existing submarines with a new class of three or maybe four SSBN's.
http://navy-matters.beedall.com/vanguard-r.htm
'Replacing Trident system to cost £100bn' by Rob
Edwards in the Sunday Herald, 11 February 2007
The real cost of maintaining and replacing the Trident nuclear weapons
system over the next 50 years could top £100 billion - five times
higher than the prime minister, Tony Blair, has said. A new analysis
of projected spending based on official figures suggests that the
cost of buying and operating a successor to Trident will be around
£70bn. Added to that, there is the £30bn it will cost to keep the
existing warheads in service until 2023.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.
var.1185412.0.replacing_trident_system_to_cost_100bn.php
'The Trident Dispatches: An Overview of the Debate'
by Rebecca Johnson in The Bulletin Online - February 2007
Does Britain need to replace its nuclear weapons? The current system,
which comprises four nuclear submarines, around 50 U.S. Trident
D5 ballistic missiles, and up to 200 warheads similar to the U.S.
W76 (around 100 kilotons each), is good to go until well into the
2020s. So why is British Prime Minister Tony Blair so keen for a
decision before he departs office?
http://www.thebulletin.org/columns/rebecca-johnson/20070205.html
'Britain's nuke terror vow' by George Pascoe-Watson
in the Sun, 7 February 2007
Secretary Des Browne said the UK would blast a state-backed terror
campaign with Trident nukes. He insisted Tony Blair and defence
chiefs would not hesitate to use our arsenal of nuclear warheads
to protect our "vital" interests. Lawless states sending suicide
bombers armed with nuclear "dirty bombs" or planning germ warfare
attacks would be hit.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007060269,00.html
'Future generations 'need Trident', BBC News, 6
February 2007
The UK needs to keep its nuclear weapons because of threats to future
generations, Defence Secretary Des Browne has told MPs. He said
maintaining Trident was the "overwhelmingly sensible" decision for
MPs to make when they vote on the government's White Paper in March.
Appearing before the defence select committee, Mr Browne said that
the White Paper had set out the nature of the threat that the country
is "likely to and probably will" face in coming years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6335981.stm
'From Trident to turbines' by Ian Davis in Guardian
Comment is Free, 5 February 2007
Last Friday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of global warming,
describing as "unequivocal" effects that are likely to last for
centuries. And three weeks ago the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist
moved its doomsday clock two minutes closer to midnight - the figurative
end of civilisation. It is now five minutes to midnight, closer
than at any time since the height of the cold war. The change reflects
the failures to solve the twin global threats from nuclear weapons
and the climate crisis.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ian_davis/
2007/02/oceans_of_work_from_trident_to.html
'Blair under fire over Trident "secrecy"' in Nature
magazine, 1 February 2007
Leading weapons experts and security think-tanks have accused the
British government of withholding information needed for proper
evaluation of a multibillion-pound proposal to renew the country's
fleet of nuclear submarines. Read the Nature
editorial and the full text of the article.
'Scotland "only home" for Trident' on BBC News website,
29 January 2007
Britain would be left with nowhere to store its nuclear weapons
if it could not store them in Scotland, it has been claimed. The
comments came from advocate John Mayer, who drafted an SNP bill
which would criminalise Scottish ministers who order the use of
nuclear weapons.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6311125.stm
'Vengeance is her name and vengeance her only purpose'
by Eben Harrell in The Scotsman, 27 January 2007
Should Armageddon come, its heralding scripture will not appear
in any holy book. It will appear on a screen in front of two officers
in the small communications room of HMS Vengeance, one of Britain's
four nuclear submarines - launch orders; blood and rubble.
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=139832007
'Nuclear vote crucial to base' by Nick Lester in
the Plymouth Herald, 27 January 2007
A crucial vote to keep the UK's nuclear deterrent will influence
the decision on the future of Plymouth's naval base ministers have
confirmed. Plymouth is the UK's only base with the specialist facilities
and skilled workforce needed to maintain the current and future
submarine fleet.
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=133188
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'UK must retain nuclear deterrent, says Browne'
by Matt Weaver in the Guardian, 25 January 2007
Nuclear weapons are not inherently evil, the defence secretary,
Des Browne, insisted today as he set out the arguments for upgrading
Trident in the face of mounting criticism of the policy. In a speech
at King's College London, Mr Browne said there is no realistic prospect
of a world without nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future. And
he rejected the argument of some church leaders who have challenged
the morality of retaining nuclear weapons.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,1998472,00.html
'Nuclear weapons plan "rational"' on BBC News website,
25 January 2007
Replacing the UK's nuclear weapons is a "rational" way to deal with
increased threats from abroad, Defence Secretary Des Browne has
said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6298121.stm
'Browne defends need for nuclear deterrent' in The
Scotsman, 25 January 2007
Failure to invest now in Britain's nuclear capability would leave
future generations without a credible deterrent to extreme threats
to national security, Defence Minister Des Browne said on Thursday.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=132422007
'The United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent
in the 21st Century'. Full text of speech by Des Browne
MP, Secretary of State for Defence, at Kings College London, 25
January 2007
"I am pleased to be giving this speech here at King's - the venue
of the last major speech on this subject by any of my predecessors
in this job, Malcolm Rifkind back in 1993."
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/
People/Speeches/SofS/
TheUnitedKingdomsNuclearDeterrentInThe21stCentury.htm
'Oceans of Work - arms conversion rather than Trident replacement'
by Tartan Hero, 24 January 2007
Steven Schofield articulates a very strong argument for a civil
R&D programme to be made a high priority as part of a broader arms
conversion programme based on a detailed examination of Barrow-in-Furness,
the Cumbrian town which used to be employ 14,000 people in defence-related
employment but which now barely provides 3,000 jobs.
http://tartanhero.blogspot.com/2007/01/
oceans-of-work-arms-conversion-rather.html
'Oceans of Work: Arms Conversion Revisited'
by Dr Steven Schofield, BASIC Report, 24 January 2007
This report puts the alternative case for arms conversion as integral
to a 'national needs' programme of civil R&D and manufacture, including
major investment in off-shore renewable energy, both for security
of supply and to help tackle the growing international threat for
climate change.
http://www.basicint.org/nuclear/beyondtrident/oceans.pdf
'Defence expert's Sub warning' in the North West
Evening Mail, 24 January 2007
A UK defence expert who gave evidence yesterday to a Parliamentary
defence committee on the future of Trident submarines says replacement
subs need to be ordered this year. Dr Lee Willett, a defence analyst
at the Royal United Services Institute, refuted claims by an American
nuclear expert.
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=458582
'Trident replacement "premature"' by Ian Sample
in The Guardian, 24 January 2007
Plans to replace Britain's ailing Trident nuclear deterrent were
branded "premature and wasteful" yesterday by a leading US nuclear
expert, who claimed that delaying the decision for 15 years would
save £5bn. Inexpensive engine repairs to the four Vanguard-class
submarines that carry Trident missiles could extend the vessels'
active service by 10 to 15 years, according to Professor Richard
Garwin, former chair of the US government's science advisory committee
and consultant to the nuclear weapons programme.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1997202,00.html
'Nuclear weapons plan "premature"' on BBC News website
24 January 2007
Dr Richard Garwin told the Commons Defence Select Committee that
US Trident submarines, which spend more time at sea than their UK
equivalents, had had their lifetime extended to 45 years. "I would
expect that the UK submarines, from the point of view of wear-out,
would last 100 years," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6292955.stm
'Nuclear sub plans "premature"' in The Scotsman,
24 January 2007
The government's decision to replace Britain's nuclear submarine
fleet is "highly premature", an expert from the United States told
MPs yesterday. Richard Garwin, an architect of the first hydrogen
bomb, questioned a claim by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, that
work must start soon on replacing the ageing Vanguard-class subs
which are based on the Clyde.
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=123262007
'Submarine decision "premature"' by Stephen Fidler
in the Financial Times, 23 January 2007
The government has "stacked the deck" in favour of an immediate
decision to replace the Trident submarine fleet that carries Britain's
nuclear deterrent, according to one of the US's most eminent physicists.
Richard Garwin, principal architect of the first US hydrogen bomb
design and a long-standing consultant to successive US administrations
on security matters, says the decision announced by the government
in December to build three or four submarines to replace the existing
Vanguard-class ships is "highly premature".
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5339e908-aa86-11db-83b0-0000779e2340.html
'Deputy leader interviews: Peter Hain' by Martin
Bright and John Kampfner in the New Statesman, 22 January 2007
On Trident, Hain sticks close to the line that the Labour manifesto
of 2005 committed the government to keeping an independent deterrent.
But he insists he urged Blair to ensure that a full debate take
place, in the party and the country - a debate he says is about
to happen.
http://www.newstatesman.com/200701220013
'SNP plan £1m toll for Trident' by Paul Hutcheon
in the Sunday Herald, 21 January 2007
An SNP-led Scottish Executive would openly challenge the government's
decision to renew Trident by imposing a £1 million toll on every
warhead transported in nuclear convoys.. the "Trident toll" could
raise £85m and comes as the SNP leads Labour in the latest opinion
polls for Holyrood's May election.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/
display.var.1137148.0.snp_plan_1m_toll_for_trident.php
'Trident move "will increase nuclear threat"' by
Richard Norton-Taylor in The Guardian, 17 January 2007
The government's decision to replace the Trident missile system
will encourage nuclear proliferation and deepen Britain's dependency
on the US, a parliamentary inquiry into the future of the deterrent
was told yesterday. Anti-nuclear campaigners told the Commons defence
committee that last month's white paper on the deterrent avoided
the issue of what kind of warheads would go on the missiles.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,1992033,00.html
'UK's deterrent argument "flawed"' on BBC News website,
16 January 2007
The government's argument for keeping an "independent nuclear deterrent"
is flawed, MPs have been told. Anti-nuclear campaigners said there
was no evidence weapons were a deterrent - rather they increased
danger to the UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6266851.stm
'Campaign's weapons claim denied' on BBC News website,
16 January 2007
Britain's new generation of nuclear warheads are being developed
at a Berkshire site ahead of any government decision, a campaign
group alleges. The MoD denied new weapons were being developed and
insisted Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp was wrong. In a letter to
the Commons Defence Select Committee, the AWPC stated: "Plans for
warhead replacement are already well advanced - we suggest that
the decision has already been made.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/6268103.stm
'Bid talks for subs yard surface between BAE and Rolls-Royce'
by David Robertson in The Times, 15 January 2007
BAE Systems is in talks with Rolls-Royce over a £200 million bid
for Devonport as part of moves to consolidate Britain's submarine
industry. BAE has also lined up Carlyle Group, the private equity
investor, as an alternative should it be unable to agree terms with
industry partners. The companies that build and maintain Britain's
nuclear submarines are under pressure from the Ministry of Defence
to consolidate. The MoD believes that this will guarantee Britain's
submarine capability through the first half of this century.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9067-2547924,00.html
'When good intentions turn to dust'
by Charles Clarke in the New Statesman, 15 January 2007
A commitment to nuclear non-proliferation has yielded to an over-hasty
and ill-considered determination to renew Trident, whatever the
future security threats.
http://www.newstatesman.com/200701150014
'Life in the Faslane' by Caroline Lucas in the New
Statesman, 15 January 2007
The Green MEP on her arrest during a protest at the Trident base
What's more likely to cause a breach of the peace - sitting down
in a road, or stockpiling 200 nuclear warheads, each with a destructive
capacity eight times greater than the bomb that killed 200,000 in
Hiroshima?
http://www.newstatesman.com/200701150018
'Bombs away, when it comes to votes and the cost of Trident'
by Ian Bell in The Herald, 12 January 2007
Breaching the peace at the Faslane submarine base is, of course,
a very serious matter. Equally, the cost of having coppers freeze
their nethers just to deter people from approaching the deterrent
is no small matter. Hard-pressed council tax-payers, possibly including
those who could live without Trident, are stumping up £27m a year
to protect the ultimate breach of anyone's peace.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/holyrood/display.var.1118590.0.0.php
'McConnell attacks Faslane demo' in The Herald,
12 January 2007
Jack McConnell yesterday attacked the group of MSPs who protested
against the Trident nuclear deterrent this week, accusing them of
wasting police time by trying to get arrested for publicity. The
charge led to angry scenes at First Minister's Question time.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.1118597.0.0.php
'Britain's nuclear dilemma' by David Howell (a former
British Cabinet minister and former chairman of the Commons Foreign
Affairs Committee. He is now a member of the House of Lords) in
Japan Times, 11 January 2007
The issue of an independent nuclear deterrent has now once again
become a prime topic of debate in Britain. A long and intense discussion,
scrutiny and analysis lies ahead and should be actively encouraged
by government - both inside Britain and throughout the international
community.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20070111dh.html
'South-east MEP behind bars' by Robert Rowlands in
Newbury Today, 8 January 2007
Dr Caroline Lucas, an MEP for south-east England, was behind bars
in Scotland yesterday after being arrested and charged with breaching
the peace following protest against Trident weapons system.
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=3581
'What needs to change ... in foreign policy?'
by Glenys Kinnock on Guardian Comment is Free, 8 January 2007
Trident replacement is a missed opportunity for Britain to show
that it is able to relate to the perils that confront the post-Cold
War world and face up to those dangers while setting a positive
example of international responsibility. There is really no military
justification for a country like Britain to sustain a Trident nuclear
arsenal.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/glenys_kinnock/
2007/01/where_now_for_foreign_policy.html
'BAE lines up to take over UK submarines' by Oliver
Morgan in The Observer, 7 January 2007
Defence contractor BAE Systems is pushing to secure control over
Britain's entire submarine industry by taking majority ownership
of maintenance and support facilities at Devonport dockyard in Plymouth.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade/story/0,,1984257,00.html
'SNP plan to criminalise pro-Trident politicians'
by Paul Hutcheon in the Sunday Herald, 7 January 2007
An SNP-led Executive would put itself on a collision course with
the UK government by criminalising ministers and civil servants
who prepare the groundwork for using nuclear weapons based in Scotland.
Nationalist leader Alex Salmond has said he will back a bill as
first minister which would thwart the renewal of the Trident missile
system. He believes the measure will help make Holyrood the political
centre for ridding Scotland of weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.
1107515.0.snp_plan_to_criminalise_protrident_politicians.php
'US plans new missile programme' by Ian Bruce in
The Herald, 8 January 2007
The US is about to announce the replacement of its submarine-launched
nuclear warheads in a move that could shape Britain's planned £25bn
upgrade for its Trident force. Sources say UK scientists from the
Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston and its sister site
at Burghfield may have helped the US to develop its reliable replacement
warheads (RRW).
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/78266.html
'The misery of Margaret' by Lance Price in the Guardian,
3 January 2007
Beyond calling for a "proper debate", Hilary Benn, Peter Hain and
Harriet Harman have said very little. Benn is rightly seen as a
hot tip to be not only the next deputy leader but also foreign secretary.
He would be a powerful force in regaining Labour's reputation for
principled leadership. With so many candidates it would be asking
too much for him to put votes at risk by going out on a limb over
Trident.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1981665,00.html
'Scottish Church Leaders Condemn Sectarianism, Trident'
by Maria Mackay in Christian Today, 1 January 2007
Leaders of the Church of Scotland and Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
have issued their first ever joint New Year statement in which they
condemn sectarianism and strongly criticise the government's plans
to replace Trident.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/
scottish.church.leaders.condemn.sectarianism.trident/8913.htm
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