Thursday, 9 April 2015

Today Trident .... Tomorrow

If I were in Ed Milibands boots, I would tell Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP to do one if he wants the Scottish Labour vote to strengthen. Listening to voters from up north, they believe Miliband will cave in if he needs the votes to be Prime Minister.
 
Basically, they are saying Miliband will sell out for power and that in my book would be a travesty. It will cost him if he does. Maybe not in parts of England and Wales but Labour could become the new Tories hanging on in Scotland.
 
For years top of the SNP list was to scrap Trident and to see them leave the Faslane Naval Base. Trident question has been push back at the top of the agenda today with news with the Government committing to building four new nuclear missile-carrying submarines.
 
A blatant bit of electioneering on the behalf of the Conservative party announcing it around four weeks before the election with all this political chatter about a Labour/SNP love in to form a new coalition. SNP’s position on renewing Trident is simple, no replacement, which they insist is a "red line" and not to be stepped over. Labour hit straight back saying they are committed to replacing Trident but may review the number of submarines needed from four to a possible three. Again the Labour party strongly stated there are no plans for a coalition with the SNP or anyone has they are fighting for a majority government.

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