Sending a flotilla bristling with weapons to the South China Sea will only escalate global tensions. Sign the petition

Newsletter – 30/04/21

Sending a flotilla bristling with weapons to the South China Sea will only escalate global tensions. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s new hi-tech aircraft carrier, is leading the biggest air and sea deployment since the Falklands War.

Departing Portsmouth on 23 May, visiting trouble spots around the world, the flotilla will end its journey with war games with Japan. The intention: to project to the world that Britain is global power to be reckoned with.

At a time when the NHS is at breaking point and public services are suffering from years of austerity, the Tory government has chosen to spend tens of billions on a military display to pursue a post-colonial fantasy and show support for the US’s cold war with China.

Please join us in our campaign, where we’ll be working alongside CND, to oppose this futile and dangerous military exercise.

To get the ball rolling we are asking our supporters to organise petitioning over the flotilla in the weeks running up to the launch.

We encourage you to organise a street stall in your high street or town centre to get the ‘welfare not warfare’ message across loud and clear.