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I doubt the voters in the constituency's in the areas hosting the bases will be very happy at losing a very well paid jobs

And I am sure that some of the depressed areas of southern England woudl welcome these jobs with open arms - theres already suspicion that English dock workers where made redundant to protect Scottish jobs.



The people of Argyll and Bute (the Scottish Parliament constituency containing the Coulport and Faslane bases) have voted for the SNP in recent Scottish Parliament elections:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute_%28Scottish_Par...

The MOD itself says that a total of only 520 civilian jobs would be lost if Trident was moved - and only 310 of those are definitely locals:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/political-news/labour...

And finally, don't you think some things are more important than money and jobs?

I really liked Charlie Stross's account of how he changed his views on an "independent" nuclear deterrent:

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/04/on-the-u...

Personally, I changed my mind from being a reluctant supporter for the need for nuclear weapons while wandering round, of all places, Auschwitz-Birkenau, our guide made a comment about how although Auschwitz-Birkenau remains the very worst that we have achieved as as species a lot of countries, including the UK, calmly contemplate the use of weapons that would have far worse results. From that day I have felt very strongly about trying to remove nuclear weapons from my country and independence seems the most viable route to achieving that goal.




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