The Labour leadership election is currently underway, and one of the first decisions that the new leader will have to take is on the replacement of Trident, with the vote on the Main Gate expected in Parliament early in 2016.
There is a strong voice for peace and disarmament within the Labour movement and it is vital that this voice is heard in the coming weeks and months. Please add your name to others urging the next Labour leader to adopt an anti-Trident position by signing the petition below.
Dear Leadership candidate,
Listen to members and voters on Trident, and help us win in 2020
- Trident is the only popular cut. Most voters reject Trident. Even before austerity set in, 63% supported scrapping Trident to reduce the deficit [1]
- Trident was rejected in Scotland: Labour must listen
- Trident is overwhelmingly opposed by Labour members, shown by submissions to the NPF[2]
- Trident was opposed by most Labour parliamentary candidates [3]
- Trident is opposed by the labour movement eg. UNISON, CWU, PCS, RMT, TSSA, ASLEF, NUJ, TUC
- Trident is leading to job cuts in conventional defence that could be reversed by scrapping Trident
There’s better ways to spend £100 billion. Please commit to Scrap Trident.
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[1] BPIX survey for The Mail on Sunday, June 2010
[2] Approximately 50 CLPs submitted anti-Trident submissions to the NPF policy-making process, to a tight deadline.
[3] Comres survey for BBC Sunday Politics, September 2014