“Out Satan must go, every hair and feather.” (George Macdonald) Last week we heard that the Belgian government were blocking the export to the UK of technical equipment for nuclear warhead manufacture. Since the information appears to have been leaked we have no way of knowing whether the Belgians will Read more…
Any reasonably imaginable use of nuclear weapons would breach the long-standing laws applicable in armed conflict (such as proportionality, impact on non-combatants, i.e. civilians, and long term environmental damage). It is also recognised that if the use of a weapon is illegal then the threat to use it is also Read more…
On Saturday 6th August a group of Trident Ploughshares members and friends, led by the Gareloch Horties affinity group, built a cairn of around 140,000 paper cranes to symbolise those who lost their lives when the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. The piazza Read more…
Right now, at the United Nation in New York, a Review Conference for the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is taking place. These conferences are due to be held every 5 years but this one was delayed due to the Covid pandemic. The Conference has two main tasks – 1) to Read more…
Meeting with Beatrice Fihn, Daniel Hogsta and Rebecca Johnson 21st September 2021 5.30pm. You are invited to Scottish Parliament Nuclear Disarmament Cross Party Group meeting on the 21st September hosted by Bill Kidd MSP on UN International Peace Day. This will be an important opportunity, as Beatrice Fihn, executive director Read more…
As Scotland prepares to go to the polls, ICAN and 40+ organisations that have signed a letter to NatWest Group CEO Alison Rose to update the group’s defence sector policy to reflect that nuclear weapons are now prohibited. The call follows widespread condemnation of the UK government’s decision to increase the cap Read more…
There were celebrations across the world on the 22 January, Entry Into Force Day for the new legislation at the UN. In this election year the impact of the Treaty has huge implications for the democratic deficit in Scotland over its enforced position as unwilling host to the UK’s nuclear Read more…
Below is the four page advance briefing which precedes and summarizes Dr Rebecca Johnson’s in-depth report on the TPNW in relation to the UK which will be published shortly. Read PDF
As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) edges ever closer to becoming international law, it has just received a huge and significant endorsement. Fifty-six former presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence ministers from 20 NATO member states, as well as from Japan and South Korea, have Read more…