Activists today expressed their anger that the British (English) Ministry of Defence had transported six, fully armed nuclear warheads along the Edinburgh Bypass just the day after the new Parliament was sworn in.
Citizens Weapons Inspectors from the Nukewatch network tracked the warhead convoy from the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Burghfield (50 miles west of London) to RNAD Coulport (35 miles north-west of Glasgow).
"The new Parliament was only sworn in yesterday --- technically they haven't even finished their first meeting yet. When they do start considering business one thing on their Agenda will be two Bills left over from the previous Parliament both aimed at keeping these Weapons of Mass Destruction off Scottish Roads." said Adam Conway, one of the Nukewatch Inspectors from Helensburgh. "Yet today the MoD chose, for the first time in many years, to send a nuclear convoy through Edinburgh. They must have been trying to send a message to the new Parliament --- it looks to me like the message is one of arrogance and contempt for the Scottish people."
"This Parliament has a golden opportunity to convert the Scottish people's widespread opposition to nuclear weapons into the practical and concrete removal of Trident from Scotland" said Anna-Linnea Rundberg, also from Helensburgh
Contacts:
Adam Conway 07743 341934
Jane Tallents 07778 267833
Notes to Editors:
1 - Nukewatch is a UK wide network of Citizens Weapons Inspectors who track movements of nuclear weapons within the UK. For more info see www.nukewatch.org.uk
2 - Each of the "Load Carrier" trucks in the convoy can carry two fully armed Trident nuclear warheads. Each Load Carrier therefore contains up to 8kg of Plutonium. Each warhead is 8 times the power of the bomb which destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
3 - The Government finally admitted last year, in response to FOI requests, that the warheads could explode if the convoy was involved in a "pile-up" accident.
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Chookie;611070 wrote: Activists today expressed their anger that the British (English) Ministry of Defence had transported six, fully armed nuclear warheads along the Edinburgh Bypass just the day after the new Parliament was sworn in.
Citizens Weapons Inspectors from the Nukewatch network tracked the warhead convoy from the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Burghfield (50 miles west of London) to RNAD Coulport (35 miles north-west of Glasgow).
"The new Parliament was only sworn in yesterday --- technically they haven't even finished their first meeting yet. When they do start considering business one thing on their Agenda will be two Bills left over from the previous Parliament both aimed at keeping these Weapons of Mass Destruction off Scottish Roads." said Adam Conway, one of the Nukewatch Inspectors from Helensburgh. "Yet today the MoD chose, for the first time in many years, to send a nuclear convoy through Edinburgh. They must have been trying to send a message to the new Parliament --- it looks to me like the message is one of arrogance and contempt for the Scottish people."
"This Parliament has a golden opportunity to convert the Scottish people's widespread opposition to nuclear weapons into the practical and concrete removal of Trident from Scotland" said Anna-Linnea Rundberg, also from Helensburgh
Contacts:
Adam Conway 07743 341934
Jane Tallents 07778 267833
Notes to Editors:
1 - Nukewatch is a UK wide network of Citizens Weapons Inspectors who track movements of nuclear weapons within the UK. For more info see www.nukewatch.org.uk
2 - Each of the "Load Carrier" trucks in the convoy can carry two fully armed Trident nuclear warheads. Each Load Carrier therefore contains up to 8kg of Plutonium. Each warhead is 8 times the power of the bomb which destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
3 - The Government finally admitted last year, in response to FOI requests, that the warheads could explode if the convoy was involved in a "pile-up" accident.
Too bad the prime minister, chancellor and defence secretary are all scots, it was a scot that decided to do away with the sottish regiments while all the scots MP's stood by and watched it happen. Save your ire for the real culprits.
Scots history is a depressing saga of being shafted by our own leaders while being convinced it was somehow the english to blame. Tony Blair could have been stopped at any time by parliament, blame all the scots MP's without the guts to stand up to new labour spin so they could keep their seats. The only one with any integrity was Robin Cook and IMO it's a great pity he is not still around.
Citizens Weapons Inspectors from the Nukewatch network tracked the warhead convoy from the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Burghfield (50 miles west of London) to RNAD Coulport (35 miles north-west of Glasgow).
"The new Parliament was only sworn in yesterday --- technically they haven't even finished their first meeting yet. When they do start considering business one thing on their Agenda will be two Bills left over from the previous Parliament both aimed at keeping these Weapons of Mass Destruction off Scottish Roads." said Adam Conway, one of the Nukewatch Inspectors from Helensburgh. "Yet today the MoD chose, for the first time in many years, to send a nuclear convoy through Edinburgh. They must have been trying to send a message to the new Parliament --- it looks to me like the message is one of arrogance and contempt for the Scottish people."
"This Parliament has a golden opportunity to convert the Scottish people's widespread opposition to nuclear weapons into the practical and concrete removal of Trident from Scotland" said Anna-Linnea Rundberg, also from Helensburgh
Contacts:
Adam Conway 07743 341934
Jane Tallents 07778 267833
Notes to Editors:
1 - Nukewatch is a UK wide network of Citizens Weapons Inspectors who track movements of nuclear weapons within the UK. For more info see www.nukewatch.org.uk
2 - Each of the "Load Carrier" trucks in the convoy can carry two fully armed Trident nuclear warheads. Each Load Carrier therefore contains up to 8kg of Plutonium. Each warhead is 8 times the power of the bomb which destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
3 - The Government finally admitted last year, in response to FOI requests, that the warheads could explode if the convoy was involved in a "pile-up" accident.
Too bad the prime minister, chancellor and defence secretary are all scots, it was a scot that decided to do away with the sottish regiments while all the scots MP's stood by and watched it happen. Save your ire for the real culprits.
Scots history is a depressing saga of being shafted by our own leaders while being convinced it was somehow the english to blame. Tony Blair could have been stopped at any time by parliament, blame all the scots MP's without the guts to stand up to new labour spin so they could keep their seats. The only one with any integrity was Robin Cook and IMO it's a great pity he is not still around.