[ssf] A good day to hide bad news

[worldwarfree at riseup.net]

>
>     Britain plans to spend £3bn on new nuclear warheads
>     ---------------------------------------------------
>
>    "Ministers have repeatedly denied there are any plans to replace the
>     warheads as part of the upgrade of the Trident nuclear system,
>     insisting no decision will be taken until the next parliament,
>     probably sometime after 2010.
>
>     However, previously unpublished papers released under the Freedom of
>     Information Act reveal one of the MoD's senior officials told a
>     private gathering of arms manufacturers that the decision had already
>     been taken --
>
>        This document destroys any credibility in the government's claim
>        that it has not yet made a decision on new nuclear warheads ...
>           -- said Kate Hudson,
>              chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament --
>        ...It is a disgrace that the MoD is secretly telling the defence
>        industry one thing, whilst ministers are saying quite the opposite
>        to parliament."
>
>     http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/25/nuclear.weaponstechnology

will we get to use them on the middle class i hope so?