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Dear __________________ ___ MP r-~ffix
A decision on replacing Britain's nuclear I
stamp
weapons system, Trident, will be made in this l ( I
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parliament. The estimated cost of replacing here
Trident would be as much as £25 billior1. This
money would be better spent on defeatinq I
. poverty at home and abroad and providing i
for employment, education and health.
__________ MP -
In a recent iCM poll, 59% of the British
people opposed a costly replacement of House of Commons
Tr·ident The government must hold a full
London
parliamentary debate and vote on this issue.
I urge you, as my MP, to oppose Trident SW1A OAA
replacement ·
Name
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Address __________________________ ,, _ _
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I would ratl1er the government spent
£25 billion on: (Tick a box)
D 120,000 newly-qualified nurses every year for the next ten years
D Scrapping student top-up fees every year for the next ten years
D 60,000 newly-qualified teachers every year for the next twenty years
D 100,000 extra firefighters every year for the next ten years
o Protecting 900 million acres of rainforest
D Meeting UN Millennium Goals aid target
of 0.7% of GNP every year for the next six years
o Other
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Don't replace Trident - Britain's
nuclear weapons system! TRIDENT
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament • 020 7700 2393 • www.cnduk.org REPLACEMENT
Propaganda postcard issued in 2008 by the Campaign for Nuclear Disannament (CND), who were founded in
November 1957. Since 1958 they have organised the annual Aldennaston March from London's Trafalgar ·
Square to the Atomic Weapons Establishment, near Aldermaston. At its membership peak in 1984, it had
over 100,000 members, and CND claim to be Europe's largest single-issue peace campaign.