Boris Johnson – Nuclear convoy coming into Scotland mid-Covid lockdown sparks anger
A NUCLEAR convoy handed by means of central and southern Scotland over the weekend, whereas the remainder of the nation was in lockdown.
It was carrying Trident nuclear missile warheads – assembled on the Atomic Weapons Institution at Burghfield close to Studying – and was going to the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Coulport adjoining to the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane.
On mainland Scotland, all residents have been instructed to remain inside and to not journey quite a lot of miles from their native space, so this got here as a shock to many.
The Scottish Greens mentioned yesterday that the convoy travelled “despite restrictions and health services being stretched”.
The Greens continued: “The convoy travelled from Burghfield to Coulport and handed by means of Stirling, and follows one other convoy which travelled to Coulport on November 27 then was sighted returning on December 2.
“In early December, there was a Covid outbreak at the nuclear submarine base at Faslane, which substantially increased case numbers in the area.”
Commenting, Scottish Greens MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Mark Ruskell mentioned: “The transportation of nuclear weapons can hardly be described as a necessary journey, and there are critical questions concerning the Ministry of Defence’s danger assessments if these convoys are allowed to go by means of Scotland throughout difficult climate and whereas we’re within the grip of a lethal pandemic.
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“Aside from the query about whether or not these convoys may have helped unfold the virus on the base, if something went fallacious our hospitals are full to bursting and our emergency companies are stretched.
“It is deeply irresponsible to have weapons of mass destruction on our roads, and I look forward to a Scotland that can get rid of them for good.”
Nukewatch UK tracked the convoys journey. The web site mentioned: “Severe weather warnings for snow and ice and a full-blown pandemic and still the MoD [Ministry of Defence] sends a convoy of nuclear warheads out to travel on our roads.”
In the meantime, the Trident Ploughshares group has prompt that the approaching into pressure later this week of the Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) might imply {that a} future unbiased Scotland would ratify the treaty and do away with nuclear weapons.
They wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and mentioned: “The present pandemic emergency has certainly proven us that change in the best way we reside collectively as fragile people on a fragile planet is each potential and needed.
“Individuals can change their behaviour and act for the frequent good in the event that they perceive why it’s needed.
“It’s time to prioritise one thing simpler than a poisonous and absurd dedication to weapons of mass destruction. Why cling to this inhumane and unlawful anachronism at a time of budgetary disaster?
“Why wait for an independent Scotland as a TPNW ratifying state to expel the UK nuclear weapons with no feasible relocation?”
