Nicola Sturgeon to press Corbyn to scrap UK’s nuclear deterrent
Abandoning Trident would be key issue in SNP support for a minority Labour government
Why I’d never press the nuclear button
Nicola Sturgeon
It’s absurd that a willingness to kill millions is now seen as a virility test for leadership, and I want no part, says first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon
Britain’s approach to security and war needs a radical rethink
Letters: Diana Francis and Richard Reeve respond to an article by Simon Jenkins questioning why the country is at war
August 2019
Boris Johnson, public services and rightwing extremism
Letters: Readers respond to the early days of Boris Johnson’s reign as prime minister | Letters
July 2019
Tree-planting and saving the planet
Letters: Readers offer practical advice on how to move forwards with a global programme of planting trees to tackle the climate emergency
May 2019
Nuclear weapons service makes waves
Guardian Opinion cartoon
Steve Bell on a service marking 50 years of the UK's nuclear deterrent – cartoon
CND stages die-in at Westminster nuclear weapons ‘thanksgiving’
It’s disgraceful that nuclear weapons are being celebrated at Westminster Abbey
Nick Megoran
March 2019
Renewing Trident is no moderate policy
Letter: Rae Street responds to a Guardian letter suggesting former members of the Labour party could could join the Green party instead of creating a new party
February 2019
British ‘lethality’? Gavin Williamson’s brain has gone absent without leave
Simon Jenkins
The defence secretary’s big talk about boosting the UK’s ‘global presence’ and ‘hard power’ proves he’s lost touch with reality, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
January 2019
US nuclear weapons: first low-yield warheads roll off the production line
New type of weapon, ordered by Trump’s nuclear posture review, could make conflict more likely, say experts
November 2018
British icons to throw off the white cliffs: what’s on your list?
Ian Jack
Let’s ditch the things that keep Britain clinging sentimentally to its past, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
September 2018
Brief letters
BBC led revolution in public access TV
UK's nuclear deterrent infrastructure 'not fit for purpose', say MPs
June 2018
The Guardian view on the defence budget: be realistic
Editorial: The military has suffered from austerity and the world is a dangerous place, but that doesn’t mean the case for higher defence spending needs no interrogation
Donald Trump, North Korea and the potential global consequences
Letters: Readers respond to this week’s summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
Exhibition spotlights secret life onboard Britain's nuclear submarines
Theatre productions, good food and 40-word telegrams from home kept those who manned Polaris subs going
May 2018
MoD faces £2.9bn nuclear funding gap, say auditors
MoD faces £21bn budget shortfall, warns spending watchdog