uk news  Labour recycles the Trident debate  Gary Kempston
Illustration by Gary Kempston  My parliamentary colleagues and
other members of the Labour party urging a return to a policy of
unilateral disarmament (Letters, 21 June) do so for laudable
reasons, but they are mistaken. While pushing for faster and
more meaningful progress towards Britain's ultimate shared goal
of a world free from nuclear weapons, Labour leader Ed Miliband
has been clear from the outset that he will maintain Britain's
independent nuclear deterrent while other countries have a
nuclear capability that could threaten the UK. That is the
responsible choice taken by a future prime minister who
understands that we cannot possibly know what the threats facing
the country will be in 30 or 40 years' time, the period that the
imminent decision to replace the nation's Vanguard submarines
will affect.  Any government should constantly search for ways
to deliver things as efficiently as possible, including this
major submarine building programme