Source:
Open Democracy
Original post date:
22 October 2015
Trident is far more a political than a military entity – it does not even command uniform support across the military.
The change in leadership of the Labour Party has brought the issue of Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system back into the spotlight. Depressingly, however, the election of a man who is anti-Trident has merely thrown into relief the general consensus within the country’s largest parties for its retention.