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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Trident is too important to be used for bank holiday political football

Source: www.theguardian.com --- Tuesday, September 01, 2015
George Osborne’s tactical manouvre in Scotland cheapened the upcoming nuclear defence question George Osborne didn’t give up much by way of his weekend by spending a grey and wet bank holiday Monday visiting Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine base at Faslane – where it wasn’t a bank holiday anyway. But did his blatantly tactical manoeuvre on a serious and divisive issue cost him in terms of reputation? I can see why ministers from David Cameron down can’t wait to get a crack at Jeremy Corbyn’s imminent leadership of the opposition. Andrew Sparrow sets out their thinking admirably in Tuesday’s Guardian , though our Tory pundit Matthew d’Ancona has been among those warning No 10 that an enfeebled Labour party will unleash the demons of rightwing Euroscepticism to torment them instead. Related: George Osborne making 'wrong moral choice' on nuclear weapons Related: Faslane move is first in Tory plot to frame 'peacenik' Corbyn Related: The Jeremy Corbyn victory scenario: confrontation or cooperation? Continue reading... ...



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