Protest demands money for climate not military

Quakers took part in a protest outside the Ministry of Defence where 10,400 £500,000 notes were counted out to highlight the estimated £5.2 billion the UK spends on nuclear weapons in a year

by Rebecca Hardy 8th November 2019

Friends took part in a protest outside the Ministry of Defence last month where campaigners physically counted the £5.2 billion that the UK is forecast to spend on nuclear weapons from 2018-2019. The activists counted 10,400 £500,000 notes in protest at what it described as ‘this terrible use of taxpayers’ money’ and demanded that the money should be spent on addressing the climate emergency instead.