Anti-Trident demo attracts support
Green Party to carry on opposing weapons
On Monday night, MPs voted to renew the nuclear weapons programme by 472 votes to 117.
A total of 58 MPs from Scotland voted against the renewal.
Now the local branch of the Scottish Green Party are calling on all who attended Saturday’s demo in East Kilbride to continue to work together to ensure nuclear weapons have no future in Scotland.
Those attending the town centre demo handed out leaflets and people were encouraged to write down alternative spending options for the £200 billion with suggestions ranged from housing, to the NHS, to education and public services.
Demo participants had also crafted a somewhat cheaper nuclear rocket, costing £1.75, covered with alternative spending plans and billed as ‘the only safe one in Scotland’.
Kirsten Robb of South Lanarkshire Greens said:“We were delighted to be joined on Saturday by people from at least four political parties as well as church groups, Radical Independence EK, other groups and concerned individuals. The diverse crowd were united in opposition to spending £200 billion plus on a new Trident programme. Trident missiles are weapons of mass destruction – there should be no place for them travelling around Lanarkshire’s roads, or being based here or anywhere in the world.”
She highlighted the opportunities for anti-Trident campaigners to work together again in the future.