Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey is calling on the government to start building a “fully independent British nuclear deterrent” to end the UK’s reliance on the US.
The UK has operational control of its nuclear arsenal, including British-built warheads, but it depends on the US to supply and maintain the Trident missiles that would deliver them.
In a speech to his party’s spring conference in York on Sunday, Sir Ed will argue the UK’s continued reliance on US support is an unacceptable risk to national security.
Our submarine deal was actually made in 2019, by the worst Prime Minister Australia has ever had. The man is so unpopular that the thing he’s most known for is shitting his pants at a McDonald’s in Sydney. Which barely beats going to Hawaii on holiday during Australia’s biggest ever bushfires.
Scott Morrison. Couldn’t pour piss out of a boot.