The fact that the Tories are willing to spend obscene amounts of money on something that we'll hopefully never use, while dismantling the welfare state and removing the economic safety net for ordinary working people, tells you exactly where their focus is.
In the run up to a vote in the house of parliament they will spin as many lies as required to convince the population that we need nuclear missiles as a deterant against 'rogue states', the 'axis of evil' or whatever they decide to call counties that don't have the same ethos as they do (the tories ethos is profit before human need, by the way). We will be told the countries such as Iran, North Korea and even Russia, all pose a threat to 'National Security', because your fear is essential if they are to get away with spending around £60billion (that's 60 BILLION POUNDS), over the next 30 years, on a missile system. Anyone who remembers the eighties will tell you that the fear created by 'mutually assured destruction' is genuine and deeply felt.
Will we be safe? As long as we are meddling in the affairs of
smaller states and following American foreign policy, we won't be safe,
at home or abroad. We could and should be promoting a message of peace, instead of
sending messages out that we want a war.
Personally, I think that if countries like Switzerland, Austria, and Sweden can declare themselves neutral toward 'beligerants' then that's the way to go. If we choose to allow our politicians to make preparations for war, then we are going to live in a country that is constantly on the brink of war.
Don't let Osborne and the Tories get away with this; tell your local politician to vote against Trident, or you won't vote for them.
