Let’s dismantle Trident
Keith O’Brien, cardinal archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, would like the UK government to use the pope’s September visit to announce the dismantling of Trident. Ken Veitch was there when he said it
I was present when Keith O’Brien, cardinal archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, spoke on ‘Trident, Viewed with the Eyes of a Twenty-first Century Faith’, as part of the 2010 series of Hexham Debates originated by local Friends. The Debates cover aspects of war, peace and democracy. Keith O’Brien’s talk touched on all these, and was well received by a capacity audience. Questions afterwards reflected the deep public concern about Trident. Notwithstanding our economic plight, and the government’s pledge, back in 1968, to work for general and complete disarmament, Trident is being renewed at a cost of many billions.
Guard against placing your dependence on fleets and armies; be peaceable yourselves in words and actions
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