commented on the fact that it was the United States alone that has used nuclear weapons during war time. All accepted the NATO military allanice.
Eric Heffer, leading left spokesperson for the Labour Party, presented his position terms of defenWay OI ding this country' as it interests of the Lne working. Class were the same as those of the ruling class.
The Secretary of State for Defence, John Nott, explained that because LIC Soviet nuclear weapons:
'Deterrence means capacity to exali unacceptable destruction, that ally unle thinking of attacking us is bound to calculate that thic risks outweigh any possible gain.
"The time has come,' he continued, 'to update theatre nuclear capacity the stationof US Cruise put right misses. our long neglected civil and replace Polaris with the Trident system.
Lining up firmly with David easell Owen said that da Social Democratic government in 1984 would carry on Polaris weapon system rather than dent for NATO. He admament was VULC catcher.
Foot He demanded that Michael Foot as Labour leader should recognise that it is 'not in keeping with his responsibilities to continue to peddle the doctrine of unilateral Owen added that prime HOO minister he should conTinue Will Polaris and not send Cruise missiles back to the US without arms talks, and make a NATO ColDullul.
of an overall pall strategy of detente and The shadow defence minister, Brynmor John, put the official Parliamentary conference decisions of unilateral disarmament.
He objected that the £5bn to be spent on Trident would be at the expense of the rest of the defence budget 'Already we have ships that don't sail and planes that don't fly.' John complained that the government was taking commitments above and beyond Trident, such as the rapid deployment force sponsored by Thatcher.
Opposition Left Tribunite Bob Cryer gave the clearest statement against the nuclear arms race:
nuclear weapons for as long as l have breath in my body. I am opposed to nuclear weapons here, in NATO, anywhere else in the He that unilateral WOul courage all those opposwould give heart in America Loanse who forced their government to get out of Vietnam when uner waging the fiercest war ever inruciea agrarian country.' ASLEF, Bruce and El Salvador., and socials, poetry readings -ruses not Bombs' on 21 Mar Invited speakers from Labour Pany rod Souther LND. Phone John 0222-372674 Cardilt journanst:
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