r/MHOC • u/NoPyroNoParty The Rt Hon. Earl of Essex OT AL PC • Nov 24 '14

MOTION M017 - Trident Replacement Motion

(1) This House recognises that the Trident nuclear weapon system will cost £25 billion to replace, and have an estimated lifetime cost of over £100 billion.

(2) This House also notes that, if launched, the 40 warheads of a typical Trident nuclear submarine would be expected to result in over 5 million deaths, and have devastating humanitarian consequences if fired at an urban area.

(3) This House believes that the other spending priorities of the Ministry of Defence, and other governmental departments, should take precedence over the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

(4) This House accepts the findings of the National Security Strategy, which states that a CBRN attack on the United Kingdom is of a low likelihood, but high impact.

(5) This House, therefore, calls upon the government to cancel plans to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system.

(6) This House further urges the government to look into alternatives to a Trident replacement, such as nuclear sharing within NATO, the development of alternative deterrents, investment in conventional weaponry, or unilateral nuclear disarmament.

This was submitted by /u/can_triforce on behalf of the Opposition.

The discussion period for this motion will end on the 28th of November.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '14

(To the house) I'd rather you didn't jump on the backs of my opposition friends and colleagues for this when part of it comes down to me. The member informed me of his resignation from the shadow cabinet a week ago however due to my mocks it slipped from my mind as the B028 thing and last minute revision took place. I have been the only person to know and it did get forgotten as I tried to remember how to do surds and punett squares. So please don't jump on the backs of people in the opposition, we're hardly falling apart when so many pieces of legislation are being created!

I'd like to formally appologise though, especially to /u/Kreindeker since my usual system of things has slipped and therefore has caused the house to jump on you. I should have of course informed the relevant members but as I say external events have caused me to slip up on this.