Supporters joined members of Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group in Littleborough on Saturday morning (31 October 2015),
to sign the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's petition calling for the
Trident nuclear system to be scrapped and not replaced. People also
paused to admire crocus and daffodil bulbs planted by the group in the
shape of the CND symbol and collected leaflets encouraging them to join
to join the forthcoming 'STOP TRIDENT' demonstration in London on 27
February 2016 and to become members of CND.
On behalf of the Peace Group, Philip Gilligan said:
"We
are greatly encouraged by the groundswell of local and national
opposition to the Trident nuclear weapons system. It is crucial that we
let our politicians know our views and that we stop the government
squandering ever more £billions on dangerous weapons of mass
destruction. Trident threatens our very survival and drains enormous
resources from the services we desperately need. In
2016, parliament will be voting on the question of so-called 'Trident
Replacement' and, on 27 February, the Peace Group will be in London to
tell the government loudly and clearly that we don't want the existing
Trident system and we don't want any replacement system. Our bulbs will
be in flower by the end of February. We shall take them with us to
London as a symbol of peace. We trust that many people from Rochdale
join us there."
