IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

The Tory view of Trident

Socialist Challenge No. 240, 8 April 1982 · p. 7 of the scan · 157 words

The scan: sc-no240a.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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Greater perspective.

half what we spend on beauty dressing and manicure. • £7.5bn cost average of £500m, consumers spend Blaker is concerned, much as that on books!

ourselves seem half as expensive. TORY Minister Peter Blaker has eased the fears of those of us worried about the new Trident nuclear missile system. Speaking at the annual conference of London Young Conservatives on 27 March he explained that: 'We must put the cost of Trident in 'The price tag of peace through Trident is hair' In fact if Trident's is broken down to an annual Blaker pointed out that times as much on alcoholic drinks and tobacco. Worse, as far as they even spend as stop drinking, smoking, reading and making The message is clear: if we would all on beautiful then Trident wouldn't some 52 per cent said no, ed.

cent. cent opted for cuts in social programmes.

nuclear arsenal.

loo many neadaches at nome.

← the missilesA hot Rome for Reagan? →

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