16 April 2015, The Tablet

Surely Trident is the key issue?


 
Your leader “Scottish factor is key on 7 May” (11 April) makes absolutely no mention of the one moral factor that dwarfs all others – Trident. All the Unionist (i.e. British nationalist) parties are committed to this and its replacement in 2025. If the unity of the UK is based on this monstrous evil, the sooner this state is deconstructed the better for all.I live 25 miles from the biggest arsenal of nuclear weapons in Europe – Faslane. As I write, a young man sits at a control panel, waiting for the order to fire. Here and now, we are ready to launch H-bombs bringing hell on earth to untold thousands of our fellow human beings and promising general extinction. I find it an intolerable anguish that I live in a state that has agreed to this, the ultimate evil.Compar
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