David Cameron says we need the Trident deterrent to protect against new threats like South Korea and safeguard jobs. FactCheck goes nuclear.
Less than a month after David Cameron told the Commons the decision to delay replacing Trident would “save around £1.2bn”, the defence secretary appears to be arguing quite the opposite. What’s going on?
Jon Snow
For the last years of Labour’s time in power, bilateral summits between France and Britain became a commonplace. At the last one between Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy, the French offered a deal to share aspects of their nuclear deterrent – submarine patrols that would reduce the need to have so many Trident Subs, and…
Jon Snow
Jon Snow meets French financiers at the opening on the Gauguin exhibition at the Tate Modern.
Gary Gibbon
The leadership have been a bit surprised by the vote to call an emergency debate on Trident. It was expecting the delegates to take a pot-shot at government housing benefit changes or GP commissioning changes instead, writes Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Channel 4 News FactCheck looks at what it would cost the government to delay a decision on replacing the Trident nuclear deterrent
Gary Gibbon
George Osborne has been summoned to the Commons to explain his £4b cuts chat on Thursday after a demand from a dissident Lib Dem MP and the permission of the Speaker, writes political editor Gary Gibbon.
Faisal Islam talks to chancellor George Osborne about cuts, Trident, and the end of “soap opera” government.
Jon Snow
At the Mandy book launch last night there were some wonderfully tedious ‘no-shows’ and some equally intriguing ‘shows’, the Prince of Darkness was in ebullient form.
Jon Snow
For the last two years French President Nicolas Sarkozy as been trying to persuade Britain to look again at the idea of combining nuclear deterrence with France.
The Tories and the Lib Dems released their coalition policies today. FactCheck looked at how these compared to the claims both made before the election.
Gary Gibbon
Liberal Democrat MPs and members of the party’s federal executive have had to swallow hard pills on immigration caps, Europe policy and Trident before entering into coalition with the Tories, blogs Gary Gibbon.
Who’s right on Trident? Liberal democrats, Conseratives or Labour. FactCheck takes a look at Trident.
A perusal of the manifestos suggests that during Thursday’s debate on foreign policy and defence, Gordon Brown won’t be saying “I agree with Nick” very often. The phrase “I agree with David” may not pass Mr Brown’s lips but – with the exception of policy on Europe – the two bigger parties have more in…
Gary Gibbon
In 2006 the MOD said it would be six or seven years before they would know if technology allowed us to go down to three subs, so why Brown’s announcement today?