When Exeter CND arranged this public meeting, at which Bruce Kent will speak, we invited Devon's MPs to come and debate with him. Unfortunately none could make it so we asked the main local political parties to send representatives to the debate. After all, the three main parties all officially support Britain's nuclear weapons programme, i.e Trident or some variant.
Unlike the MPs none of the parties has responded, not even to refuse to debate with us. As suuport for Trident is now a minority viewpoint in the UK one might expect that those who consider the system to be...
Bruce Kent's Scrap Trident tour comes to Exeter on Wednesday 3 April, determined to highlight the waste and immorality of Britain's Trident Nuclear Missile programme, which the Government is pursuing recklessly although it no longer has majority public support.
Bruce, Vice-President of CND and a long-term humanitarian campaigner, will speak at a public meeting organised by Exeter CND. It will be chaired by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Percy Prowse.
The three main local political parties, who officially support Trident renewal, have been invited to...
Bruce Kent's Scrap Trident Tour reaches Exeter on Wednesday 3 April. He will speak at a public meeting, chaired by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Percy Prowse, at Exeter Community Centre, St Davids Hill at 7.15pm.
A majority of the British public is opposed to replacement of the Trident nuclear missile system. Yet the leaders of the 3 main political parties continue to support the programme. So it falls to CND and other disarmament groups to articulate majority opinion and keep reminding the powerful of their minority status. Bruce Kent's tour aims to point...