The Big Blockade

I don't seem to be doing too great a job at keeping this blog up to date! I must try better.


Anyway, today I managed to make it along to the "Big Blockade" protest at the Faslane nuclear submarine base on the Gareloch (picture below).


I considered it important to be there today as I totally oppose the existence of these immoral weapons that if used would incinerate men, women and children indiscriminately. I have always thought it the ultimate irony that one of the supposed reasons for war in Iraq was the existence of weapons of mass destruction there. Of course none were found there. If one wanted to find weapons of mass destruction they could find them quite easily and much closer to home, at Faslane.


I was delighted that the Scottish Parliament voted against the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system. I was also pleasantly surprised when a majority of Scottish members of the Westminster parliament also expressed their opposition.


This counts for little though until we have powers over defence repatriated to Scotland so we can legislate against nuclear weapons. So despite todays "Big Blockade" being touted at the culmination of a years long activity by the Faslane 365 organisation, the work goes on until we can get rid of Trident and nuclear weapons from Scotland.