Research that Geoff Whittam and colleagues from UWS and Heriot Watt was debated last month in the Scottish Parliament.

“Mr Kidd welcomes the recent report by the Jimmy Reid Foundation entitled ‘Trident and its Successor Programme‘ by Mike Danson, Karen Gilmore and Geoff Whittam.

The SNP MSP says that it makes a strong case for non-renewal of Trident based on employment diversification and the moral, philosophical, economic and defence case.

He says UK Government plans to continue at HMNB Faslane and Coulport is a threat to the majority of Scotland’s population.”

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