Archive: Trident

Comment: Trident's renewal is an expensive vanity project

Norman Baker: 'When we face a new threat to our country from terrorist organisations, is a nuclear deterrent designed for the Cold War era still relevant?'

In the modern world of terrorist organisations, cyber attacks and destabilised regions around the world, the renewal of Trident is simply a very expensive vanity project.

Comment: Israel, not Iran, is the biggest obstacle to a nuclear-free Middle East

Comment: The politics of defence spending

Comment: Trident would make the UK weaker

Clegg humiliated after Cameron jumps the gun on Trident

Nuclear fallout: Clegg will be furious when he reads Cameron's article.

The prime minister went out of his way to humiliate Nick Clegg this morning with a robust defence of Britain's nuclear capability which left the Trident review looking redundant even as a face-saving exercise.

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Comment: We can pursue disarmament while renewing Trident

Ian Dunt: 'The key to abiding by the treaty and pursuing a world free of nuclear weapons is to downgrade our capabilities every generation'

Ignore the chest-thumping patriots and the muddle-headed pacifists - there's a middle way on Trident renewal.

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Comment: Trident is a 'big boy's toy' and wrong for Scotland

Once we make Scotland independent we can get rid of nuclear weapons.

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Lib Dems and Tories can't even agree on a review

Maybe they can compromise on "alternative review"? Here's why the coalition's Trident review anomaly won't help the Lib Dems.

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Coalition descends into confusion over Trident

A nuclear confrontation could be on the horizon

The coalition has endured a day of bickering and confusion over its position on Britain's nuclear deterrent, after Nick Clegg warned ministers were "jumping the gun" over Trident.

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Coalition's nuclear sub row resurfaces

£1bn of funding for nuclear sub reactors announced today

The coalition split over the future of Britain's nuclear deterrent has been reopened by a new £1 billion Ministry of Defence (MoD) commitment to powering the UK's nuclear submarines.

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