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Author Archives: Daniel Bennett
The Liberal Democrats: Strident change or Trident tweaking?
Image via Wikipedia So the Liberal Democrats want to scrap, replace, consider replacing…hang on a minute, let’s find the manifesto…”commit not to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system on a like-for-like basis” if they are voted into office. And Trident, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Defence, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Nuclear weapon, Royal Navy, Strategic Defence Review, Trident, Uncategorized
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Are you going to vote on the basis of defence policy?
Heard your local parliamentary candidates talking about defence policy and their parties’ plans for the defence industry recently? You might have done if you live in a constituency with specific military or defence industry links. Dorset South, for example, includes … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative, Defence, dorset, Labour, Liberal Democrats, manifestos, south ribble, Uncategorized, Voting
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Whir of helicopters drowns out real defence questions
Yesterday, the leader of the opposition, David Cameron used his first question to the Prime Minister in Parliament to challenge him on his record of equipping British forces with helicopters in Afghanistan: “Will he start by admitting that when British … Continue reading
