A GREAT deal of media attention has been devoted to whether or not we should renew Trident. Let’s be clear from the outset: this is not some kind of Big Boys’ Club of which we want to stay members, although to hear Cameron, Osborne, and the right-wing element of Labour you might be forgiven for thinking so. No – this is a willingness to outlay vast sums of money in order to retain the capacity to kill unimaginably huge numbers of human beings – with some quite surprising people prepared to press the proverbial button themselves.
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