Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
What do you think about renewing Trident? Would be leaving ourselves at serious risk if we got rid of it? And at risk of what exactly?
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I really can't see the sense in renewing Trident: if we really need to have a nuclear deterrent, we could keep the same amount of bang for a tiny fraction of the cost. It's a massive vanity project, nationalistic dick-waving on a multi-billion-pound scale.What do you think about renewing Trident? Would be leaving ourselves at serious risk if we got rid of it? And at risk of what exactly?
I love Scotland (apart from when it comes to football, have you ever watched an England game in Scotland, the hatred is frightening) and spend much time up there but the referendum has left a bad taste in the mouth. I'm almost embarrassed to admit I'm English when up there, yet I was very much pro-Independence as many northern English were.
Labour got it badly wrong and it is costing them badly; they should have 'sat on the fence' saying something like, "We do not want you to leave but respect your right to vote to do so"
It'll be like William Wallace invading England again.
What do you think about renewing Trident? Would be leaving ourselves at serious risk if we got rid of it? And at risk of what exactly?
We are a small country (with or without Scotland) and a nuclear deterrent is nothing of the sort. If we were ever to use it our country would vanish from the map within 10-minutes of us hitting the 'Fire' buttons.What do you think about renewing Trident? Would be leaving ourselves at serious risk if we got rid of it? And at risk of what exactly?
If one of the mad mullahs gets a nuclear weapon then we can kiss are a***s goodbye anyway.
But it doesn't come across as that?!It's a shame that you feel this way, it really is. The anger of (most of) the Yes Alliance is aimed at Westminster for saying 'more powers without conditions' then sticking on the condition of EVEL to appease the English. That's not your fault; that's just politicians being politicians - by playing up the Scotland-England divide to keep us from seeing who the real problem is. Most Yessers (in my experience at least) realise England is hurt by Westminster as much as we are. The problem is some (maybe even 'many') people up here (like our neighbours in England) have grown up in a 'Scotland vs. England' mentality inculcated from birth by the powers that be. Therefore they only really know how to express dissatisfaction with Westminster by referring to 'the auld enemy'.
It's worth looking at where most of the money in the UK goes; London.
What do you think about renewing Trident? Would be leaving ourselves at serious risk if we got rid of it? And at risk of what exactly?
No, not on armed forces, spend more on intelligence.Let's get rid of Trident and focus on spending more on our armed forces.
No, not on armed forces, spend more on intelligence.
No, not on armed forces, spend more on intelligence.
If only we would scrap Trident, we could afford to spend some of the savings on much better Army, Air-force and Naval home forces.I can't see the UK government ever getting rid of Trident or the equivalent.
--the Falklands could be used as a prime example of such a commitment.
Armed forces are useless against terrorism.
Look at Northern Ireland, Thatcher and Major were throwing soldiers at it to no avail, it was only when negotiations started with the new labour government that things started to turn round
Afghanistan and the Middle east have hardly been great success stories for our armies, have they?
I don't think we'd have the military capability to take back the Falklands now if Argentina invaded again.