{"id":13469,"date":"2016-03-03T15:24:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T15:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=13469"},"modified":"2016-03-03T15:24:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T15:24:30","slug":"cardiff-joins-stop-trident-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/cardiff-joins-stop-trident-demonstration","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff joins Stop Trident demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the protesters demand scrapping of Britain\u2019s nuclear weapons programme, the government says it can\u2019t risk national security<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hundreds of protesters from Cardiff joined the national demonstration against Britain\u2019s Trident nuclear weapons programme in London last Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The demonstrators, <\/span>along with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn<\/a><\/span>, opposed the renewal of the submarines carrying Trident nuclear missiles, calling the programme unethical and a waste of public money. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTrident is a world destroying nuclear weapons programme that puts the future of humanity at risk,\u201d says Ross Saunders of <\/span>Socialist Party<\/a>,<\/span> which led a delegation to the London protests from Cardiff. \u201cThis is an obscene weapon. This weapon can never be used ethically. It can\u2019t only hit the bad people. It will hit all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also opposing it for massive expenses. This is a time when there are cuts in almost every sector,\u201d says Jeff Hurford, an anti-nuclear activist. <\/span>The spending budget announced last November had cut down expenses worth \u00a320 billion across governmental departments. <\/span><\/p>\n

The UK government\u2019s Security and Defence<\/span> Review 2015<\/span><\/a> puts the total cost of manufacturing the submarines at \u00a331 billion with an exigency fund of \u00a310 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a question of priority. In place of spending money on nuclear weapon, it can be spent on languishing sectors like housing, National Health Service and also on education,\u201d says <\/span>Adam Johannes<\/span><\/a>, Secretary, Cardiff <\/span>Stop The War<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The UK parliament will debate and vote to ratify the renewal of the Trident programme by 2016 for the procurement of the new submarines by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n

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