Fuck yeah!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36830923

Quote:The House of Commons has backed the renewal of the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system by 472 votes to 117.

The MPs' vote approves the manufacture of four replacement submarines at a current estimated cost of £31bn.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told MPs nuclear threats were growing around the world and Trident "puts doubts in the minds of our adversaries".

Labour was split over the issue with 140 of its 230 MPs going against leader Jeremy Corbyn and backing the motion.

A total of 47 Labour members voted against renewal, while others abstained.

Quote:While acknowledging Trident was a "serious investment", Mr Fallon rejected claims it was a Cold War relic and could be increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks.

The UK, he insisted, was committed to multilateral nuclear disarmament and would reduce its stockpile of nuclear warheads to 180 by the mid-2020s.

Don't agree with this though. We need a lot more -- not less.

How come I'm not surprised that you are pro-trident ...

I don't know very much about the specifics.

But my uninformed opinion is to scrap our nuclear weapons.

I can accept that unilaterally scrapping all nukes could potentially be a bad idea, even if a world without nuclear weapons would be desirable. Is there something about the Tridents that is especially contentious?

(July 19, 2016 at 5:25 am)Alex K Wrote: I  can accept that unilaterally scrapping all nukes could potentially be a bad idea, even if a world without nuclear weapons would be desirable. Is there something about the Tridents that is especially contentious?

Only that the leader of the opposition opposes it, even though his party's official line is to support trident, other than that, not really.

(July 19, 2016 at 5:21 am)Mathilda Wrote: How come I'm not surprised that you are pro-trident ...

It doesn't exactly surprise me that you're anti-Trident either.

(July 19, 2016 at 5:25 am)Alex K Wrote: I  can accept that unilaterally scrapping all nukes could potentially be a bad idea, even if a world without nuclear weapons would be desirable. Is there something about the Tridents that is especially contentious?

It costs a fuck ton of money to keep it.

I don't think us having nukes is necessary, desirable or moral, from what (little) I know about it.

(July 19, 2016 at 5:22 am)robvalue Wrote: I don't know very much about the specifics.

But my uninformed opinion is to scrap our nuclear weapons.

And potentially put our country in danger? No thanks.

Too late for that Bella... You're practically a muslim state now!

Shut those fucking gates I tell ya!