scrapping trident
Letter published in September Saga Magazine
Dear Editor
I am surprised that Paul Lewis gives so little attention to the defence expenditure in his article, ‘Money works -The trillion pound challenge’, In July Saga Magazine .He writes “”with a war going on and equipment to be replaced, even a freeze will be hard to achieve , I put it at 0%”
I would remind him that current annual expenditure on Afghanistan is nearly £4 billion, enough to build 200 new secondary schools.( The coalition has 15 Millionaires among its 23 member in Cabinet, with a majority having received public school education and 15 of them Oxbridge graduates.)
Scrapping Trident now and not replacing it would save £100 billion, much more than the total amount the government wants to cut from the deficit in the next five years.
If we need to save money, then the government should cut Trident expenditure and withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Many surveys and demonstrations show that this is what the people want.
Why should ordinary people bear the brunt of the cuts caused by the banks?
Yours sincerely
Dorothy Forsyth
Dear Editor
I am surprised that Paul Lewis gives so little attention to the defence expenditure in his article, ‘Money works -The trillion pound challenge’, In July Saga Magazine .He writes “”with a war going on and equipment to be replaced, even a freeze will be hard to achieve , I put it at 0%”
I would remind him that current annual expenditure on Afghanistan is nearly £4 billion, enough to build 200 new secondary schools.( The coalition has 15 Millionaires among its 23 member in Cabinet, with a majority having received public school education and 15 of them Oxbridge graduates.)
Scrapping Trident now and not replacing it would save £100 billion, much more than the total amount the government wants to cut from the deficit in the next five years.
If we need to save money, then the government should cut Trident expenditure and withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Many surveys and demonstrations show that this is what the people want.
Why should ordinary people bear the brunt of the cuts caused by the banks?
Yours sincerely
Dorothy Forsyth
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