SNP steps up calls to scrap nuclear arms

Published on Tuesday 3 February 2009 21:43

THE SNP yesterday stepped up calls for Scotland to be rid of nuclear weapons.

The call came at a conference in Edinburgh where the SNP MP Angus Robertson said Scotland could "help lift the nuclear shadow".

But the Nationalists came under attack from Labour, who accused them of wanting to give up nuclear weapons when other countries had them and "rogue nations" wanted them.

"Scots don't want their country left defenceless," said the Labour MP Eric Joyce.

"Scotland can ill afford to lose the 11,000 jobs delivered on the Clyde by Trident and the naval base," he said.