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U.K.’s decision to increase nuclear warhead stockpile cap defies logic

The Westminster government is defying international law— and its own public’s on-record majority opinion against nuclear weapons—as well as provoking the Scottish people, all of which it will regret.

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U.K.’s decision to increase nuclear warhead stockpile cap defies logic

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U.K.’s decision to increase nuclear warhead stockpile cap defies logic

The Westminster government is defying international law— and its own public’s on-record majority opinion against nuclear weapons—as well as provoking the Scottish people, all of which it will regret.

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