'The Treaty Wreckers', and death of Robin Cook

"In just a few months, Bush and Blair have destroyed the global restraint on nuclear weapons

By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 2nd August 2005

"Saturday is the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The nuclear powers are commemorating it in their own special way: by seeking to ensure that the experiment is repeated.

"As Robin Cook showed in his column last week, the British government appears to have decided to replace our Trident nuclear weapons, without consulting parliament or informing the public.(1) It could be worse than he thinks. He pointed out that the atomic weapons establishment at Aldermaston has been re-equipped to build a new generation of bombs. But when this news was first leaked in 2002, a spokesman for the plant insisted that the equipment was being installed not to replace Trident, but to construct either mini-nukes or warheads which could be used on cruise missiles ..."
George Monbiot

The Hiroshima anniversary has passed, and so has Robin Cook, the former UK Foreign Secretary who opposed Blair on Iraq. He died suddenly a few days ago.

World pays tribute to Robin Cook
ROBIN COOK 1946 - 2005: MOURNED IN EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD