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Parliament is about to vote on replacing Trident – Britain’s nuclear weapons system. These are Weapons of Mass Destruction which can kill hundreds of millions of people. They cannot protect us from today’s security threats such as terrorism and climate change.
Almost 60% of the British public say they don’t want Trident replaced. A decision to replace it would make the world a more dangerous place and reinforce the hypocrisy of our government which invaded Iraq on the basis of lies about Weapons of Mass Destruction – but now plans to build its own new nuclear weapons.
If Britain says it needs nuclear weapons for its security, other countries are likely to follow suit. To replace Trident, when we face no nuclear threat, could start a nuclear arms race.
The £76 billion cost to replace and maintain Trident would be better spent on health care, education, alleviating global poverty or tackling the problems of climate change.
Let’s choose peace and justice, not nuclear weapons and war.
Join us in calling on the government – No Trident Replacement!’
Full List of Signatories:
Damon Albarn, Aphex Twin, Archie Bronson Outfit, Asian Dub Foundation, Athlete, The Automatic, Babyshambles, Battle, Belle & Sebastian, Bloc Party, Braintax, Boards of Canada, British Sea Power, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Chemical Brothers, Jarvis Cocker, The Cribs, Dirty Pretty Things, Doves, Elbow, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly., Guillemots, The Hours, Ian Brown, Kaiser Chiefs, King Biscuit Time, The Longcut, Los Campesinos, Lostprophets, The Magic Numbers, Massive Attack, Maximo Park, Minotaur Shock, Mogwai, Mystery Jets, Nightmares of Wax, The Noisettes, The Paddingtons, Primal Scream, Razorlight, Richard Hawley, Roots Manuva, Scritti Politti, Snow Patrol, Super Furry Animals, Supergrass, Sway, Jeremy Warmsley, Thom Yorke, Zero 7, The Zutons
I'm so rubbish. I first read the names before I read the statement. And reading Thom's name already made me giddy.