Trident is really about Labour's discipline

The vote on Trident tomorrow, isn't really about Trident at all. It wouldn't be serious if it was, since the government will win and things will move on.

The rebellion is serious because it is about the discipline and coherence of the Labour Party.

Take Neil Kinnock's intervention yesterday. Kinnock is an opponent of nuclear weapons. Remember his proposal in the 1987 that Britain could defend itself with ditches full of exploding pig slurry? His defensive strategy was wonderfully characterised by SDP MP John Cartwright as involving the deployment of the Mujahidin in Penge High Street.

For a period, however, Kinnock suspended that opposition in order to help Labour win elections. He put discipline and electability ahead of his principled view.

The interesting thing about his latest pronouncement is that the order of his priorities and that of the other rebels has altered.

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[Firozali A.Mulla MBA PhD]

Daniel
Trident is really about Labour's discipline.
Tony Blaire is going to make a full confession on 15th March, ye the idea of the eveil.

ye the ides of the march.
Beware the ides of March. CAESAR. He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass. Sennet. ... Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should ...

Can I comment then? Please. As far as I reckon. The whole thing is screwy. The damn Trident covers the complete sky of the Sky, Fox, BBC CNN, and the rest including The PEKIN or is Packing TV.
I saw the complete write up in the Spectator, and I snored half way. It is boring like the smoke it puffs from back. Honest.