Trident Should be Ditched Not Delayed

Commenting on reports in the Sunday Herald that the key ‘Initial Gate’ decision on the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system has been postponed until after the General Election – SNP Westminster leader and Defence spokesperson, Angus Robertson MP, vowed Labour and the Tories would not be allowed to dodge the key issue in the election campaign

Tony Blair Impeachment Case Confirmed by Iraq Reports

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said that the revelations in the Sunday Telegraph about the Iraq war confirmed the case brought by the SNP/Plaid Cymru Group at Westminster in 2004 for the impeachment of Tony Blair.

* Tony Blair misled MPs and the public throughout 2002 when he claimed that Britain’s objective was disarmament not regime change, and that there had been no planning for military action. In fact, British military planning for a full invasion and regime change began in February 2002.

Scotland Without Nuclear Weapons

A new generation of Trident nuclear weapons will cost Scotland 3000 jobs, according to a Report from the Scotland without Nuclear Weapons working group.

SNP MSP Bill Kidd drew attention to the Report, which backs the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government’s opposition to new nuclear weapons on the Clyde.

Bill Kidd to Host Scottish Parliament Meeting on Non Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament

Glasgow SNP MSP Bill Kidd will host a meeting in the Scottish Parliament as a counterpoint to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 55th Annual Session which is to be hosted by the UK Government in Edinburgh from Friday 13th to Tuesday 17th November

The aim of the Scottish Parliament event is to reiterate a continued commitment to non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament and to discuss, from a critical perspective, the role of nuclear weapons in NATO’s military strategy

Nuclear Waste Threat to Scotland

A secret shortlist of a dozen sites across the UK where the Ministry of Defence is thinking of dumping dangerous radioactive waste from defunct nuclear submarines has been revealed.

As many as five of the sites under consideration – for storing up to 500 cubic metres of toxic scrap from 27 submarines – are in Scotland. They are the two naval nuclear bases on the Clyde, at Coulport and Faslane, the Rosyth dockyard in Fife, the Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness and possibly the Hunterston nuclear power station in North Ayrshire.

Bill Kidd on Council of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation

The SNP are delighted to announce that Glasgow SNP MSP Bill Kidd has accepted membership of the Council of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) – a network dedicated helping parliamentarians become engaged in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament initiatives.

Mr Kidd will be the first Scottish parliamentarian to be appointed to the worldwide body which includes elected legislators from across the world.