In a burst of sanity, the House of Commons voted to replace the Trident nuclear deterrent when it reaches its service limit in 2020.
The press has made a meal of the backbench rebellion against the government and fostered the impression that if the vote passed, it would barely squeak through, which it did-- if a landslide victory of 409 to 161 can be called a "squeak".
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To quote the mildly annoying Guinness commercial: "Brilliant!"
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To quote the mildly annoying Guinness commercial: "Brilliant!"
And how will Britan remain a nuclear power, ensuring that it won't be a cheap target for some mad dictator?
And what if it does?
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