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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Scots keener than English to keep Trident on Clyde

Vanguard class SSBNMore Scots believe Trident nuclear missiles should stay in the country if it becomes independent than think the weapons should be removed, research has revealed.

Two-fifths of people north of the Border said that if there was a Yes vote in the referendum, Britain’s nuclear submarines – currently sited at the Faslane base on the Clyde – could continue to be based there. But 37 per cent did not agree with the weapons remaining in Scotland if the country voted for independence.

Alex Salmond’s Scottish Government has made its opposition to nuclear weapons clear, and wants the Trident submarines out of Scotland in the event of a Yes vote.

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