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WHAT’S the difference between Keir Starmer and Ian Murray?
David MackenzieRead more: WHAT’S the difference between Keir Starmer and Ian Murray?What’s the difference between Keir Starmer and Ian Murray? | The National Janet Fenton One is the UK Government’s Prime Minister, selected for the job by the Labour Party in the UK, and the other is the Secretary of State for Scotland in the UK Government, appointed by the Prime Minister. This week in New…
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Keir Starmer has exposed truth of ‘nuclear deterrence’
David MackenzieRead more: Keir Starmer has exposed truth of ‘nuclear deterrence’https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24975194.keir-starmer-exposed-truth-nuclear-deterrence Samuel Rafanell-Williams and Lynn Jamieson, Scottish CND FROM today until Friday, representatives of countries that have signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will meet at the UN headquarters in New York. The meeting will also be attended by campaign groups, NGOs and charities from across the world who will contribute…
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Keir Starmer’s ‘ludicrous’ nuclear weapons claim slammed by ICAN chief
David MackenzieRead more: Keir Starmer’s ‘ludicrous’ nuclear weapons claim slammed by ICAN chiefhttps://www.thenational.scot/news/24978596.keir-starmers-ludicrous-nuclear-weapons-claim-slammed-ican-chief
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What is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?
David MackenzieRead more: What is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?https://www.thenational.scot/news/24969359.treaty-prohibition-nuclear-weapons
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The National will be going to the UN to follow the fight for nuclear disarmament
David MackenzieRead more: The National will be going to the UN to follow the fight for nuclear disarmamenthttps://www.thenational.scot/news/24969230.national-goes-un-fight-nuclear-disarmament/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1740828803
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TPNW
Janet FentonRead more: TPNWLawrence Witner writes in Counterpunch on 31st January 2025, covering how and why the TPNW came into force, and why this process may avert a nuclear catastrophe. Dr. Lawrence Wittner is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press.) The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Provides a Way…
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Doomsday Clock highlighted by The National
Janet FentonRead more: Doomsday Clock highlighted by The NationalScottish campaigners are shocked but not surprised that the BAS has advanced the hand of the clock this year . https://www.thenational.scot/news/24895238.anti-nuclear-campaigners-call-action-doomsday-clock-moves
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Notably Strong Guardian “View” on Nuclear War
David MackenzieRead more: Notably Strong Guardian “View” on Nuclear WarThis editorial piece questions the theory of “deterrence”, recognises the critical nature of the current threat of nuclear war and notes the significance of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/27/the-guardian-view-on-arms-control-essential-to-prevent-the-total-devastation-of-nuclear-war?fbclid=IwY2xjawHeco9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWImXC577kmH7ti6lGP1Ybu_FSq5H86OWkXKujBM-9MDcBqmn1VgwkW4VA_aem_Z8ZDV13-IYLtR4BBDfPdSw
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SNP wasted millions backing spaceships over social investment
David MackenzieRead more: SNP wasted millions backing spaceships over social investment“It is in precisely all these areas that the millions committed to commercially volatile military infrastructure should be spent if the Government is serious about addressing depopulation in Scotland’s rural areas. It seems that the ambitions of the military industries, yet again, are winning out over the urgent infrastructural needs of Scots across the country.”…
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FOCUS: A-bomb survivors’ Nobel prize win highlights receding nuke taboo
David MackenzieRead more: FOCUS: A-bomb survivors’ Nobel prize win highlights receding nuke taboohttps://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/12/b4023c77da8c-focus-a-bomb-survivors-nobel-prize-win-highlights-receding-nuke-taboo.html

