The Liberal Democrats yesterday became the first major political party to state that they will not support a renewal of Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent system.

While Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP has recently called for a scaling back of Britain’s nuclear warheads, the Lib Dems do not believe this goes far enough to tackle this crucial issue, and leader Nick Clegg MP, has announced his party will not support the future replacement of Trident.

Commenting, Bath MP Don Foster said;

When we don’t even have enough to provide our troops with proper equipment, maintaining a cold war era weapon that will cost up to £100 billion is not sustainable. In this time of new global threats, it is vital that we utilise a defence system that can combat the problems we face now, rather than those of the 50 years ago.