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?
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.
You forgot finance, visa and MasterCard should not exist outside of the US.
Fair one. That too.
I would prefer we integrate more closely with Europe. Depend on a more dependable neighbour.
I guess the UK should build up independent capabilities first, before pulling away from the US. Also maybe the UK should seek greater ties with the EU, which together can become independent from the US. The costs of strategic independence could then be shared across the EU.