Keir Starmer & the SNP

NOW is the time to reaffirm the UK Government’s commitment to nuclear weaponry, the Prime Minister has said – on the day that international efforts to promote a global ban on the technology step up. Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Keir Starmer took issue with the SNP’s opposition to nuclear weapons – apparently in response to comments from First Minister John Swinney last week. The SNP leader suggested that a focus on nuclear weapons was an “inhibitor” to combating current military challenges due to the “resources they command” – and called for the funding allocated for renewing Trident should instead be invested in “conventional weaponry”.