Trident: Does the Nuclear Deterrent Work?
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The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in the UK
Nuclear weapons get wrapped in the flagis. The unions are well on board for building these submarines because they represent very high and manufacturing design jobs. People talk about status, but it's a bit more nuanc than that. And part of that was being a nuclear weapon state. So within that context, for many, i think, of our policy at lead, say, the idea of the u.K. Not having nuclear weapons is really to challenge that idea of what sort of a state the united kingdom is.
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