Trident Replacement Vote Protest

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Press Release: 9 March 2007

Peace Movement Protest at Trident Base on Day of Trident Debate/Vote

Wednesday 14 March 8a.m. to noon at North Gate of Faslane Naval Base.

Individuals and groups from across Scotland will denounce Trident and call for disarmament of Britain’s weapons of mass destruction in a demonstration at Faslane Naval Base at 8a.m. Wednesday 14th March.

9 people who have chained themselves together using a model of a Trident Missile and concrete blocks, blocking the roads around Parliament Square just hours before MPs are to decide on the replacement of the Trident nuclear missile system. 14 March, Indymedia UK

Photos of today's protests at Faslane and the Scottish Parliament

The peace camp then became a rite of passage for a new generation of politicians. While George Galloway and Tommy Sheridan remained true to their CND roots and considered any visit to Faslane which did not end with their arrest...a disappointment, others such as the First Minister Jack McConnell, who once marched with a banner which read: "Trident is Immoral" decided that, actually, it isn't.

Individuals and groups from across the country today denounced Trident as illegal and immoral and called for disarmament of Britain’s weapons of mass destruction in concurrent demonstrations at Faslane Naval Base, Scottish Parliament and Parliament Square. Four people were arrested after blocking the entrance to Faslane, where Trident nuclear weapons are based, while five were arrested after unfurling a banner which read “Whatever They Vote Trident is Still Wrong” on the Scottish Parliament building, and ten people have blockaded Parliament Square.

Demonstrators climbed onto the roof of the Scottish Parliament as part of their protest over the crucial Trident vote in the House of Commons.
Five protesters were arrested at Holyrood and another four were detained at the Faslane naval base after they tried to block the entrance.

he arguments will be familiar to those who will turn up for the lobby of parliament ahead of Wednesday's vote and the hundredsofScottishanti-nuclear protesters who will be involved in one of the regular blockades of the Faslane base on the day.

Available to download below is a declaration from the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy on Trident Replacement.

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ANTI-nuclear protesters gathered in Westminster last night in an eleventh-hour demonstration against replacing the Trident missile system.
Several hundred people stood opposite Parliament as MPs voted on ordering a new generation of weapons.The demonstration followed a day of anti-Trident protests to vent anger against the Government.