Link: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/15/uk-needs-nuclear-deterrent-independent-from-us-ed-davey-to-say

Sir Ed Davey thinks the UK should build a "fully independent [nuclear] deterrent", presumably involving British missiles, rather than use American Trident missiles which are currently the delivery vehicle for British nukes.

Do you agree with him?

Yes.

Not just in this area but in most other areas too. Extract ourselves from US dependencies and be more strategically independent. Food, energy, IT (a big one), defence (another big one).

The problem is this won't be easy. You think Brexit was a nightmare. Separation from the US is going to be way harder.

Lib Dems agree with the Greens then.

Do I believe we should funnel billions of pounds of our money into the pockets of arms manufacturers, just so we can have independent control of a weapon whose entire point is to never be fired?

Sure, why not? But can we please sort out some of the more important shit first?