18 July: vigil during the Trident Vote

Faith Groups Vigil While Parliament Decides
Yesterday Parliament voted in favour of building four new nuclear-powered submarines to carry US Trident missiles, armed with modernized nuclear warheads, for the next half century, in other words to renew Trident.  While this debate proceeded hundreds, maybe thousands of people came to Parliament Square with a different message. Read more: here

Read Pat Gaffney’s (of Pax Christi) speech here
Trident Briefing

Vigil in Parliament Square July 2016
Vigil in Parliament Square July 2016 – pic by Pax Christi

More photos here

 

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