Fred Mackintosh stands against Trident replacement

9.19.00am GMT Fri 26th Mar 2010

Fred Mackintosh and Mike Pringle MSP sign up to oppose Trident back in 2007

Edinburgh South Liberal Democrat candidate Fred Mackintosh has renewed his pledge not to support the Labour and Tory proposals to replace Britain's fleet of Trident missile submarines.

Fred Mackintosh said, " I do not support the replacement of Britain's Trident Missile Submarines. This is especially important when we face massive public spending deficits and significant calls on limited resources. Significantly the Labour and Tory parties support the replacement of the Trident boats.

"I strongly support the idea of a Nuclear Weapons Convention and believe that if Britain was prepared to put our nuclear capability into negotiations it would make the chance of such a convention being signed by the major nuclear powers significantly greater."

Liberal Democrats do not believe that the UK can afford the billions of pounds the Government wants to spend on a like-for-like replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system. Full-scale Trident is a cold war system that we no longer need nor can afford. We believe that less expensive alternatives should be considered.

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