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SCOTTISH councils should “take any action within their powers” to stop nuclear weapons being transported across their territories, a motion passed at SNP conference today stated.
After a lively debate, delegates overwhelmingly endorsed a call to beef up councils’ powers so they can “outlaw transportation of nuclear warheads and related waste.”
Moving the motion, East Kilbride delegate George MacDonald said: “Nato is incompatible with our support for CND. The world would not survive a nuclear exchange. All would perish.”
Expanding Britain’s nuclear capability increases the risk of nuclear confrontation. It does not keep us safe – it makes us a target, argues CAROL TURNER
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
