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Trident commanders ‘not legally responsible’ for nuclear attack

Rob Edwards on February 10, 2020February 14, 2020

Trident submarine commanders unleashing a nuclear attack cannot be held responsible under law for their actions, according to the Ministry of Defence's former nuclear policy chief.

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Nuclear bomb programme struggled with staff shortages, says MoD report

Rob Edwards on December 2, 2019December 5, 2019

Staff shortages have prevented an official watchdog from completing all “essential tasks” to ensure the safety of the UK nuclear weapons programme, according to a previously confidential Ministry of Defence report.

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Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Written by Rob Edwards

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Written by Rob Edwards

Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false

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Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms

Written by Rob Edwards

Robert Forsyth

Nuclear weapons

Trident commanders ‘not legally responsible’ for nuclear attack

Nuclear weapons

Nuclear bomb programme struggled with staff shortages, says MoD report

Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false

Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms