Submitted on Sunday 10th January 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 12th January 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Debate the possibility of a UK-wide referendum on Trident renewal.
Trident has no relevance in the 21st-century world - even for those with a belief in a so-called nuclear deterrent. It is expensive, dangerous, fundamentally absurd - and certainly not independent.
As with the EU, the public should decide what is the right course for our country.
There has been not been an informed public debate on Trident for many years and few MPs appear seriously to consider the issue.
Yet there are politicians of all parties who believe we should not renew Trident, and many in the military.
The public, offered the opportunity, would almost certainly vote No, preferring the money to be spent on health, education, housing and the environment.
As with the EU, we should now have a referendum, giving MPs freedom to campaign according to conscience.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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