Corbyn, Sturgeon and Wood to Join Stop Trident Protest Rally

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Leaders of the UK’s three main political parties are anticipated to show support for the increased opposition to the renewal of the Trident nuclear system and partake in the biggest demonstration of its kind in a generation. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru are planned to address the masses in a rally in central London today. They will also be joined by union officials, faith leaders, anti-nuclear activists and anti-war campaigners.

According to the organisers of the march, they hope to send a message of growing support against renewing the nuclear weapons system. It was argued that worries about job losses were a “red herring”, despite a warning by the GMB union this week that tens of thousands of jobs depended on the system’s renewal. The Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Kate Hudson, mentioned in her remarks that “the extent of popular opposition is becoming clear. This will not be a gathering of the anti-nuclear clan – it will show the breadth of opposition.”

Leanne explained that “when food bank use is at a record high, when the gap between the richest and the poorest is at its widest, when our NHS needs ever-greater investment, it is a disgrace that £100 billion and more will be diverted to nuclear weapons that no one should want and no one should ever use.” She also pointed out that “this issue is bigger than any one political party. It is bigger than any one government and it is bigger than any one country,” adding that “just as war is a human-made construct, so too are weapons of mass destruction. It is the will of humanity that will secure their abolition.”