Technically the Prime Minister can do anything as long as the Queen rubber stamps it.
Blair would not let the Trident issue go to a vote if he wasn't sure of a victory.
>>Technically the Prime Minister can do anything as long as the Queen rubber stamps it.
Blair would not let the Trident issue go to a vote if he wasn't sure of a victory.<<
Really? Thanks for the education. In a way, that makes the Prime Minister more powerful than a President.
Is it possible that he's letting it go to a vote because not so doing would necessitate his calling in the moving vans?
Nukes are a waste of time in a British context. We can't use Trident without american permission, and it's inconceivable we'd ever use it without american involvement, so it's basically an extension of the American Nuclear armament paid for by the British taxpayer. We'd be better off ditching our nuclear detterent and re-investing it in conventional forces that will actually be used and are sorely neglected at the moment.
Our conventional forces are the finest in the world, and it's only right they should be equiped to match....