Trident

Just read that Nigel Griffiths, the Deputy leader of the Commons has quit the government in a protest at the current plan to renew Trident.
I will be missing the debate on Wednesday, which is a shame as it seems that there will be a massive Labour rebellion against the plan with the Lib Dem’s as well.

However David Cameron has said that he supports the Trident weapons system

"I think it needs to be done and I've always supported Britain having a nuclear deterrent, so when Trident comes to the end of its life it needs to be replaced." - David Cameron.

So it looks like the government, with Tory backing will get the Trident system to be renewed which will cost about £20 billions, I would prefer that the money was spent elsewhere though.

At the moment I don’t think we need to renew Trident as we are currently in a War on Terror and don’t live in a world of civilisation against civilisation, but of civilisation against religious fanatics and nuclear weapons are too powerful against them. But who knows what the world will be like in 20 years time and we may need Trident again one day.

So it might be a good idea to keep an independent nuclear deterrent for the future, if Britain wants to keep its military power and influence over other counties we should go for Trident, otherwise we should spend the money elsewhere on hospitals, education or the armed forces.
In my view, the future of our civilisation would be better if we spent the money on soldiers, the RAF or the Navy as they would be better for peacekeeping then nuclear missiles.

Hope to catch the debate later on.