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Hold a referendum to decide whether this country wants a nuclear deterrent.

Submitted on Tuesday 21st July 2015

Published on Wednesday 22nd July 2015

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 22nd January 2016

Signatures: 2,970

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Education ~ Money ~ Referendum ~ UK ~ United Kingdom

Petition Action

Hold a referendum to decide whether this country wants a nuclear deterrent.

Petition Details

Trident, the nation's nuclear deterrent, which costs up to £2.4 billion per year to operate is due for renewal. It has been said that the replacement of this system and operation over its projected 40 year lifespan will cost the UK £100 billion. The nation needs to decide whether it wants this.

Additional Information

The nuclear deterrent adds nothing of value to the United Kingdom, apart from the ability to annihilate vast populations. The overwhelming majority of nations in the world do not have nuclear weapons and manage to exist quite happily.
The money spent on maintaining the nuclear deterrent could be much better spent on our health and education systems to support our future prosperity or strengthen our conventional armed forces.
This issue needs addressing outside of party politics by referendum.


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