04 December 2006
Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Church leaders statement on Trident
'Our churches urge the British Government to work tirelessly to
rid the world of weapons of mass destruction. The end of the Cold
War gave us hope that this aim is achievable. Replacing Trident
would send the wrong message to aspiring nuclear powers. Each
Trident warhead is capable of delivering destruction several times
that of the Hiroshima bomb, therefore the proposed reduction in the
number of warheads is largely academic. Replacing Trident with a
new system with a potential lifespan to 2050 flies in the face of
commitments that the UK has made under the Non-Proliferation
Treaty.'
Revd Jonathan Edwards
General Secretary, The Baptist Union of Great Britain
Mr. Dudley Coates
Vice-President, The Methodist Church
Revd Elizabeth Caswell
Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed
Church