Trident Upgrade & the Nuclear Question

OK, so they're wanting to go ahead with the £20 billion Trident upgrade.

When looking into this one I think it's important to note that Blair, Brown and Beckett (as was the whole Labour party) were not so long ago vehemently opposed to the theory of a nuclear deterrent. So what's happened to make them all of a sudden see it a great way to blow 2% of the UK's annual income?

I do forgive them for this, they just grew up I guess. We all have those great ideas when we're young but as we get older it becomes tougher to stand by these ideals. Obviously power comes at a price, just leave your principles by the door Sir, you won't be needing them in here...

I think it's one of the fundamental problems that I have with what we call democracy, it's a bit of a smoke screen really. We're chatted up, like the look of them then they screw us and next morning they blank us. It's just human nature I guess but no doubt Mr Blair had an idea when he was young that if he became PM he'd do everything right and not end up hated and out of touch like Thatcher and the tories were. Unfortunately as I mentioned before, the public vote only gets you the top prize. To get yourself a shot at the title you have to make all sorts of promises and sticking up for what's right, just and common sense will probably get you laughed at. The corridors of power are no place for the naive Sir, you'll have to toughen up, form relationships...

Anyway, how can it be democracy when we don't get a say in how our money is spent and who or what we wage war with. Yet, it is that very same democracy which we are told that our government (and King Louie of America) are fighting for. Don't question democracy kids because you might end up losing it! It's a tricky position, get rid of Labour and your looking at You (are a) Tube Cameron, question democracy and we end up with Islamic Fundamentalism. You might be asking yourself, was it not communism that democracy was at war with? Yes, it's all starting to sound like an Orwellian nightmare only the twist in the tail is that you thought freedom had won the war, didn't you?

So the question still remains, why is it that whilst the NHS is in trouble, young people are running riot in our streets and our schools are falling to bits, why can we afford to spend this kind of money on something that we just don't need. Mr Blair seems to think that we could still have to defend ourselves from a rogue state with nuclear capability. Excuse me Mr Blair do you mean there's a rogue state out there with WMDs? There wasn't the last time I looked?

At the end of the day, it's all quite sad really. I'm pretty sure that our nation is not a majority of pro-american, pro-war and pro-kill all muslims. We're not fundamentalists (christian or muslim) and we should take pride in this. The edge we should have over everyone else is our wisdom and commitment to our own society and values. It's something to bear in mind before we commit to 25 more years of being King Louie's nuclear stepping stone.

You can say what you want about the french but you wouldn't see them doing it...